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Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Howard Webb, famed ref on the future of video replay

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6859 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Howard Webb, who refereed the finals of the 2010 World Cup and UEFA Champions League, joins Grant to talk about his new job running the Video Assistant Referee program that's set to debut this summer in MLS. Webb explains in detail how VAR will work, what kinds of calls it will and won't review, and why it's one of the biggest changes in soccer that we have seen in our lifetimes. Webb also describes his own journey in refereeing from his humble start to the pinnacle of the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.

0:09.0

On today's show, famed referee Howard Webb, who's now in charge of the video assistant referee program

0:15.5

set to debut in MLS this summer, explains how VAR will work, including the calls it would and would not have changed in the controversial

0:24.8

Real Madrid Byron Munich Champions League Quarterfinal.

0:27.8

Well it certainly would have impacted on the game for sure.

0:30.3

So the most obvious situation would have been the equalizing goal for rail the play which made the game 2-2

0:36.6

When the ball was played up to Christina Rinaldo who was clearly offside all that and my thoughts on soccer coming up.

0:45.3

Take one. Here we go with my three thoughts on soccer. First up,

0:51.5

Zlatan Ibrahimovich suffered a serious knee ligament injury last week, playing

0:56.0

for Manchester United in the Europa League.

0:58.6

My first thought is simple.

1:00.2

I hope Ebera plays again.

1:02.4

He's 35, but he's still one of the best and yes most entertaining

1:06.5

forwards in the sport today. I do think he will play again and I also think this injury

1:12.0

makes it a bit more likely that Eberra comes to

1:14.7

MLS.

1:15.7

Manneayad has already seen lately that it can do fine without Eberhemovich and may not need

1:21.1

or want to extend his contract there.

1:24.0

Meanwhile, the LA Galaxy has already offered Eberid a deal that would make him the highest paid player in

1:29.4

MLS history.

1:31.1

While the Galaxy might have to wait a few months longer than it originally wished, I would argue that Ibrahimovich, even post surgery, is worth waiting for if you're an MLS team.

1:41.0

Take two.

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