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Premier League's slow slide into video review chaos is far removed from FIFA vision for VAR in 2016

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Michael Oliver during a VAR incident check as Tottenham played Chelsea.[B/R Football]

Video reviews in soccer were meant to take no more than six seconds. Now they can last close to six minutes.

It was expected to happen once every four or five games. Now it can be four or five times in just one game.

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