Analogies from a non-soccer-aficionado.

I suspect that someone defending the decision could say that it was like overturning a 90 yard fumble return for a TD because replay showed that the quarterback's knee was down on the sack/fumble. Often the refs will err on the side of not whistling the play dead in order to let the fumble return effort play out, pending the automatic replay review.

But to me this felt more like it was overturning a Niners TD run on 3rd & goal by Christian McCaffrey because replay showed that Matthew Stafford's knee was down on the sack/fumble from the Rams previous possession.

Thinking about it more, I suppose a better analogy would be an NBA fast break. Rambis blocks McHale's shot, Murdoch picks up the loose ball, passes it to Magic who dribbles in between DJ & Ainge, and dishes to Worthy for a slaaaaam dunk. As the Forum blasts "I Love LA" and Dyan Cannon's boobs are bouncing up & down, the ref goes to VAR and waives off the basket because he determines that Rambis' blocked shot on the previous possession should have been called a foul. I mean, yeah the successful blocked shot led to the successful fast break. But those were separate plays. As a non-soccer fan, the idea of reversing the result of a play based on the butterfly effect of a play that happened beforehand is a foreign concept.

In this case, Egypt's ensuing possession included 3 passes and a dribble through the middle of a double-team. This was not a breakaway dunk. Again, I don't pretend to be a soccer aficionado but if I were making the rule I would suggest that in order to consider overturning a defensive non-call that leads to an offensive score, then it should be like a breakaway dunk. Maybe the bright line you draw is that a defensive foul is not reviewable if the offense made more than 1 pass on the ensuing possession. So if an Egyptian player had stolen the ball near the Argentine goal and then passed it to a teammate for an easy tap-in, then the non-call on the steal should be reviewable. But if Egypt had to pass the ball 2 or more times in order to take advantage of the non-call, then tough shit.