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How Video Assistant Referee worked in Euro 2020

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Football - Euro 2020 - Semi Final - Italy v Spain - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - July 6, 2021. Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma saves a penalty from Spain's Alvaro Morata during a penalty shootout. [REUTERS/Matt Dunham]

The use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) upsets many football fans worldwide, but its role at the European Championship was far less controversial than during the 2020-21 English Premier League season, William Hill said in a report on Thursday.

The bookmaker generated a controversy rating for each of the 18 decisions overturned by VAR during the Euros with reactionary metrics such as tweet volume, text sentiment analysis and articles generated on the incidents.

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