This is the biggest truth today. VAR as it is now, has a big role in how the game result unfolds. The referees are very dependent of them as of now (at least in South America they are).
The Brazilian national league, for example, had controversial games and one of them was a game between the (at that time) current leader of the championship and my team, Vasco da Gama, who was in a big fight against their fourth relegation in last 12 years. The game was very crucial to seal the fate of my team in this championship, with two games to go. We lost a game we could draw if the VAR worked as it should, but they didn't, justifying by "technical difficulties" with the stadium sunlight (seriously? After 36 rounds without issues there?) then another 2 draws in the following away and home games sealed our fate. We just needed to win only one game, and we could even get a draw in the next two to save ourselves.
The other team went to lose the championship in their final minutes of their last game, when VAR wasn't called to review a possible penalty that could give them the title. The word on the street is that it was a penalty, while in our game against them, their goal was a clear offside move.
We are still protesting to revert that decision. We were not just relegated, we lost at least 100 million brazilian reais in money if we had managed to stay in first division. Now, with at least other seven big first division teams in a second division with 20 teams, we are facing the strongest ever Brazilian second division fight this year, with four spaces for promotion next season to fight for. And we will do that with debts and no money. God help us...
VAR needs to improve, yes. But also needs more honest referees. In Brazil, we don't have many.
