Australia fans said they were proud of their team after a narrow defeat by France in their opening match of Russia 2018. VAR served only to deliver more contention as technology played a decisive role in France's 2-1 win over the Socceroos Paul Pogba scores with technology’s help to defeat Australia Will video assistant refereeing improve football? - video View the video at https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2018/jun/16/australia-fans-proud-despite-france-defeat-as-var-comes-into-play-video