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The VAR Controversy: Germany Robbed?
At 11:07 · chapter starts 10:20
The panel turns to the most contentious moment of the match: a Germany goal disallowed after VAR review for a supposed foul on the Paraguay goalkeeper. Gary Lineker is emphatic — it was never a foul. Alan Shearer goes further, accusing the goalkeeper of deliberate simulation: feeling a touch and choosing to go to ground knowing the ref might buy it. Shearer had assumed the referee would confirm his original decision once he reviewed the screen footage, as has happened elsewhere in the tournament — but the call went the other way. Micah Richards agrees the decision was wrong but attempts to balance the narrative: Germany were still deeply disappointing regardless.
Germany had a goal controversially ruled out via VAR — and both Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker are unequivocal: the Paraguay goalkeeper dived, the ref was conned, and Germany were robbed. The decision changed the entire trajectory of the game.
