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The Premier League had the lowest rate of VAR interventions in Europe last season Uefa referees' chief Roberto Rosetti says some video assistant referee reviews "were not connected with football" aft
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Lionel Messi is set to line up for Argentina against Spain in Sunday's World Cup final According to many fans, social media timelines and corners of the internet, Fifa wants Argentina and Lionel Mess
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What's going on with stoppage time at the World Cup?
Pierluigi Collina, Fifa's head of referees, has been searching for a way to get more time into the game without adding on lots of stoppages The stoppage-time board used to be met with groans. Ten, 11