At the end of the day, video refereeing is a resource in which what is scored on the field of play is sought to be as fair as possible, but sometimes, the rigor with which the virtual offside detector turns out to also be cruel and Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku can testify to that.
Lukaku, who has 85 goals that place him as the all-time top scorer of the ‘Red Devils’, was already celebrating his first score in the German Euro 2024, the Romanian players themselves looked resigned, but from the VAR operational center, it was announced the review and annulment of the goal.
The Chelsea striker has had bad luck. In the defeat against Slovakia, another couple of goals were disallowed, one due to a prior foul by a teammate, but another for being slightly ahead and it was in fact the “slightly” that caused the advanced position that annulled the goal.
Although the victory over Romania revives Belgium’s hopes and the Ukraine match in the group stage still remains, Lukaku has that thorn in his side and will surely try to get on the scoreboard, although what is clear is that in times without VAR would be the scoring leader.
