The only thing they can really use it for is blatant offsides that lead to goals or blatant acts of violence off the ball.
If the VAR starts flagging up random fouls/potential handballs then we'll have a hundred stoppages per game.
They've already trialled it in the international youth tournaments and foreign cup competitions and it's proved to be a right mess. The other night in the Juve vs Torino game the VAR flagged a blatant foul in the lead up to Juve's second goal. The ref ran over, watched a replay and still deemed it wasn't a foul. It couldn't have been more obvious.
They still manage to get the decisions wrong even after spending an age watching a replay, which is why it can only be used for definite offsides that lead directly to goals or off the ball acts of violence IMO.
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