Tariq Panja
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229 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 19 Jul
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Video assistant refereeing has been around since the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
And the point of it was to improve accuracy and to make sure there are no kind of miscarriages of justice on the field.
However...
People are arguing more and more.
People are angrier more and more as more of this technology is being used.
So I guess you have to be careful what you ask for.
And then the use of this technology led to some heartbreaking reversals.
I think most notably, you have this moment in a game between Egypt and Argentina where Egypt, if the goal had stood, a sweeping move across the field would have been one of the goals of the tournament.
And cue massive celebrations, the emotional uplift in the stadium.
Suddenly, all of that is cut short because we are using technology to such an extent that we are at risk, many people would say, of killing the naturalness of the game, the joy, the pure moments that it can create.
And that was one of them.
Yeah, it hit all the key metrics of audience, of drama, of excellence on the field.
And this is despite those exorbitant ticket prices pricing out millions of fans from around the world.
And we're going to break more records in the final.
Argentina against Spain in a World Cup final.
This is going to be a game for the ages.
It happened because it was a victory about team and not star.
about process and not brilliance in a way.
This is a style that has been put in place in the feet and in the minds of these young Spanish players from as early as they could probably kick a ball, as early as they could walk for some of these guys.
And you see that.
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