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Egypt the latest victim of VAR in improbable World Cup loss to Argentina
VAR takes center stage at the World Cup once again. Argentina came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Egypt and move on to the World Cup quarterfinals, but a disallowed goal from replay review dampened the story. Egypt took the lead in the 15th minute off of a brilliant corner and looked poised to take down the defending world champions with another goal in the 58th minute, until VAR found a foul in the build-up. Referee Francois Letexier, of France, gestures to Egypt players during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Egypt. AP Photo/Colin Hubbard The foul, which was committed by Marwan Attia on Lisandro Matrinez, happened 21 seconds before the goal and nearly 100 yards away from it. The referee on the game explained the foul happened in the “offensive phase” therefor
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