Why video referees ruin football
Technology to assist football referees was introduced to ensure lineball decisions were correct. But at what cost to the game of chance?
Why do we watch football, the 'beautiful game'? As the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar demonstrated, it was for the fairytales (Lionel Messi capping his career with a win) the sublime skills of the world's best players (Messi, Mbappe, Modric), w