FIFA Addresses VAR Technical Issue in Switzerland vs Qatar

FIFA issued a statement regarding a technical issue that arose during the VAR check in the World Cup match between Switzerland and Qatar. This incident occurred when a penalty was awarded to Switzerland in the 14th minute.

The problem involved a brief technical outage that prevented the on-screen animation graphic, commonly shown during VAR offside checks, from being displayed. FIFA confirmed that this technical issue was quickly resolved and insisted that there were no problems with the VAR team's actions.

The governing body of football stated that the process of checking the video occurred in a standard manner, and they looked back at the build-up to the goal to determine whether the penalty line was relevant to the player’s position. The statement emphasized that the graphic display on the television screens in the stadium was affected but did not impact the integrity of the VAR check.