What football can learn from rugby to make VAR better for fans – by ITV’s brains behi

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A new VAR record was set at the weekend when it took more than five minutes for referee Jarred Gillett to conclude that Tomas Soucek had committed a deliberate hand-ball; West Ham United manager David Moyes was predictably seething. It was merely the latest drama involving the beleaguered and controversial review system and there is no prospect of any let-up in a process that is, for many, spoiling the national game as a TV spectacle.