Croatia 0-0 Belgium: Three Things We Learned

On another dramatic day of World Cup action, we saw a parade of teams make their way through to the round of 16 with a whole load exiting the tournament, also. The most star-studded encounter was set to be Croatia vs Belgium but in the end, the game ended without any goals as both sides shared the spoils.

Now, we re going to take a look at some of the big takeaways from the fixture.

VAR needs work

It may only be a small point in the mind of some but in the first half, Croatia were awarded a clear penalty that was ruled out due to an offside in the build-up. The problem, as is so often the case, was that it wasn t at all clear what was happening or why the referee was required to go over to the monitor. It was a marginal offside, too, and it could ve given the Croats wh…