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The Replay-Speed Rule — What the WC2026 VAR Record Actually Supports

An applied study of all 104 World Cup 2026 matches: slow-motion review demonstrably inflated severity in the anchor case — as a breach of VAR's own protocol — but the record does not support a tournament-wide harshness bias, and says so.

26 July 2026