VAR has certainly made its mark on football since it was first introduced in 2017.

The Australian A-League was the first professional top-flight competition to implement the technology, and despite obvious hitches, it made its way to Europe not long later.

The German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A adopted VAR at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, preceding the World Cup in Russia and the Champions League from the group stage onwards.

Spain’s La Liga and France’s Ligue 1 joined the party for the 2018/19 campaign before the English Premier League joined 12 months later, rounding off the five major European leagues.

Earlier this month, the entity charged with refereeing Premier League fixtures - Professional Game Match Officials Limited - claimed VAR has only made four mistakes so far this term.

It’s an optimistic statement considering the system - which is supposed to eliminate controversy - triggers nigh on weekly debates about whether a goal or penalty should or shouldn’t have been given.

One of the main gripes among fans is the time it takes to review decisions when VAR is called upon; too often they’re left wondering what’s taking so long.

Well, Saturday’s Bundesliga 2 match between Jahn Regensburg and Hamburg produced one of most bizarre VAR moments we’ve seen to date.

Sebastian Stolze thought he’d opened the scoring for the hosts when he fired a strike into the net after 29 minutes.

However, the goal was checked because the ball appeared to cross the line via a Regensburg player who was sitting on the goal line.

If the situation sounds too strange to believe, take a look at the video below.

Imagine having your first goal of the season disallowed because an offside teammate turned your shot into a pass.

Luckily for Stolze, several camera angles confirmed the ball was quite clearly over the line and the goal stood.

It was a peculiar moment in an entertaining match that ended 2-2 after Hamburg succumbed to a late equaliser.