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zicoraads:
This year's World Cup is very different for many reasons. But perhaps, the most glaring one is the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). For long, contentious decisions in the most watched sport in the world has affected the outcome of several matches. One of the most controversial is the "Hand of God" incident. In what was one of the most infamous incidents of World Cup history, Argentina's Diego Maradona used his hand to score when jumping for the ball with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton in the 1986 quarter-finals in Mexico City.

The officials did not spot the offence and the goal was given, with Maradona later telling reporters he was helped by the "Hand of God".

This led to calls for an independent review of decisions before the centre referee took a final decision. But has it really been worth the wait?

The truth is, several decisions in this World Cup have been correctly decided by the VAR. Against Iceland, a lot of Nigerians watching that match hoped that the centre referee would stand by his decision not to award the penalty against Nigeria. The second he decided to consult the VAR, we all knew that decision will change.

But how about the Morocco Vs. Spain and Iran Vs. Portugal games? Did the VAR pass its auditions? With Portugal and Spain's qualification not yet assured, the outcome of both matches was very important. So how did the referee fail to spot what seemed like an offside goal (the one that made it 2-2) even after reviewing it on VAR? Or how did the referee fail to award C. Ronaldo a red card even after the lengthy review? Or the contentious decisions that characterized the match?

For some reasons, it seemed the odds were deliberately stacked against Iran and Morocco yesterday, being the relatively smaller teams.

With most international pundits and even the international media already writing off Nigeria, the Super Eagles need to be very careful in how they approach today's final game. If anything, yesterday's matches showed that when the occasion is grand, the smaller teams suffer from the decisions of the VAR, compared to the big teams.

GrandMufti:
Pc suite no dey work. Use cable and change to mtp mode

ednut1:
Wasted my MB. None was funny

GrandMufti:
Answer this...

jesse8048:
Good morning all, who has been able to make calls with the ntel Sim. I'm using redmi 5plus and each time I try to network will simply disappear completely. I was able to check my balance and I have N910, I guess the N1000 paid for the Sim was returned.

alosbaba007:
U need to enable VOLTE on Ur phone, I can receive calls but cannot call out on my redmi note 5a prime after applying these steps.

ednut1:
EOR BC writing unchanged . Mod IDP june 30 here i come

GrandMufti:
1. Get a 4G sim and you're good to go.
2. Have you tried anymote?

GrandMufti:
1. Get a 4G sim and you're good to go.
2. Have you tried anymote?

Elfmannisback:
Mcstan18, help this brother on my behalf. Abegi.
Other folks should address these once and for all. I didn't do it or go thru this myself.. I don't know Jack.

safex:
I have BSc Accounting as well as ICAN ACA with 5 years of professional/verifiable experience; what's my fate please?