Yakin Blasts VAR Red Card After Switzerland Lose World Cup Quarter-Final With 10 Men
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Updated · GOAL English · Jul 12
Yakin Blasts VAR Red Card After Switzerland Lose World Cup Quarter-Final With 10 Men
3 articles · Updated · GOAL English · Jul 12
Summary
More than an hour with 10 men left Switzerland exposed in an extra-time quarter-final defeat to Argentina after a VAR review sent Breel Embolo off.
Yakin said the dismissal was "completely not understandable" and called the rule behind the decision game-destroying, arguing it swung momentum just as Switzerland were level and growing in confidence.
The Switzerland coach said officials would protect the referee but insisted the call was decisive for the entire outcome of the match.
The outburst turns the focus from Argentina's progress to the use of VAR and the rule that produced the controversial red card.