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Griezmann, Messi, Kane, Ronaldo: The World Cup's most controversial VAR moments

There were a total of 27 VAR interventions at this World Cup, 25 overturns plus two rejections. That's an increase of seven on the 2018 edition (17 overturns and three rejections), but the numbers alone don't quite tell the whole story. The Qatar World Cup saw a huge amount of VAR activity in the group stage; there were more VAR interventions before the end of the group stage than in the whole of the 2018 tournament.