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What VAR can and cannot review

Four kinds of match-changing decisions.

The video assistant referee does not re-referee the whole match. Under the Laws of the Game, it can only intervene on four kinds of decisions: goals, penalties, direct red cards and cases of mistaken identity.

Even then, the on-field referee takes the final decision, often after watching the replay at the pitchside monitor.

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