That's correct number8, officials are meant to let tight calls play out and have VAR do a quick background check for any offside.
Flagging first means you're stopping the game and potentially preventing a good goal from being scored, which is clearly a worse outcome than having an offside passage of play conclude as you can always chalk off an offside goal through VAR intervention.
Flagging first means you're stopping the game and potentially preventing a good goal from being scored, which is clearly a worse outcome than having an offside passage of play conclude as you can always chalk off an offside goal through VAR intervention.