Euro 2024 VAR review: Every decision in Germany analysed - ESPN

We're analysing every VAR decision made throughout all 51 games at Euro 2024.

After each game, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.

Total overturns: 20
Rejected overturns: 0

Leading to goals: 7
Leading to disallowed goals: 9
Penalties awarded: 6 (2 missed)
• For holding: 0
• For handball: 2
• For a foul: 3
• On position: 1
Penalties canceled: 1
Penalty retakes: 1
Rejected penalties: 0
Goals ruled out for offside: 5
Goals after incorrect offside: 1
Goals ruled out for handball: 2
Goals after incorrect handball: 1
Goals ruled out for a foul: 1
Goals ruled out for encroachment: 1
Red cards: 1
Mistaken identity yellow card: 1

What happened: Georgia were on the attack, and as Luka Lochoshvili tried to move into the area, he went down when going past António Silva. Referee Sandro Schärer waved off the penalty appeals, and play continued.

VAR decision: Penalty; scored by Georges Mikautadze.

VAR review: It's the kind of VAR penalty that annoys so many fans, when an attacker goes to ground theatrically from minimal contact.

Silva did touch the top of Lochoshvili's boot, but there wasn't enough in it to make him go down the way he did. The approach to VAR on such challenges differs greatly across leagues, with LaLiga giving many of these «soft» VAR penalties, while in the Premier League the video assistant is instructed to look for contact with a consequence. In other words, did the challenge really cause the attacker to go down?

The VAR, Fedayi San, believed that there was enough, but it feels like the kind of decision that's far removed from the original intention of VAR — to correct clear and obvious errors.

What happened: Referee Daniel Siebert awarded a