I think this is right. The chances of the Russian player ending up with a face-full of blood on that play were probably 50/50. Does VAR justify not intervening because there was no blood? Because, if the Russian player had broken his nose, you've got to presume a PK is being given, right?
If I had to guess, I'd say it wasn't called because the Russian moves into the elbow rather than the elbow moving in to the Russian. It's a "you got peanut butter on my chocolate" thing.
Correct onside decision for the third Uruguay goal, but AR2 would not have been prepared to make a decision had it been off.
And that no-call in the penalty area was a green light to Godin, who had his elbow to White #22’s face or head at least two more times after that.
Watching live, I thought Diedhiou did a one-arm advantage here (for PIADM or head-butt to shin), but that wasn’t how he indicated advantage throughout, so I assume no foul called on this play, he’s just pointing to the ball to indicate where play is.