At the 2026 World Cup, VAR officials ruled out Croatia's late game-tying goal as Portugal advanced to the round of 16 with Cristiano Ronaldo. The decision ended Croatia's tournament and extended Ronaldo's campaign, putting the match result and the officials' judgment at the center of the dispute.

BBC's Steve Wilson called it "one of the biggest VAR decisions there has ever been," underscoring the choice between a rules-correcting review and a call that may have wrongly decided the match. The vote asks whether the intervention protected fairness or became an officiating error with decisive consequences.