📸 We've found the most bizarre offside of the year 😭

It's not even a matter of millimeters anymore.

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Since the introduction of VAR and semi-automatic offside, many goals have been disallowed for just a few centimeters, sometimes resulting in completely absurd images.

But this time, we probably reached the peak during the Jupiler Pro League match between Westerlo and La Gantoise (0-0).

Fully engaged in the fight for survival, Westerlo thought they had pulled off the perfect heist against the sixth place in the Belgian championship by scoring at the hour mark.

However, VAR intervened and canceled Isa Sakamoto's goal for an offside at the start of the action.

Having trouble seeing the offside? That's normal, it's just a tiny bit of the yellow player's shoulder that caused the goal to be disallowed!

Obviously, this image sparked a huge controversy in Belgium, especially from Westerlo's side, who lost two precious points for survival after the goal was disallowed.

" We pay millions for VAR technology and the system lets us down ," the club's vice-president notably stated before his coach added more fuel to the fire.

" It's a disgrace and a blow to Belgian football [...] In case of doubt, the rule says the goal should be awarded. I saw four or five images. If there's such hesitation, there's no reason to disallow the goal ," criticized Issame Charai.

For sure, VAR will continue to be a hot topic all over Europe.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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