If there’s one topic in the world of football that fans, players and coaches are paying attention to today, it’s VAR.
Even though this has been part of the game for some time, Europe’s top five leagues still don’t seem to have a pool of officials capable of getting it right.
In the recent match between Liverpool and Newcastle, both penalties were poor but the VAR did not inform the on-field referee that he had made a clear and obvious mistake.No wonder the people in the Newcastle dugout were angry after the game. Former Premier League super agent and matchmaker John Smith admits there will always be people who will confuse referees and want to change the entire decision-making process. “
Finally, one of the best things about VAR is that the referee’s decision is now final. So VAR can dictate what the referee wants to see, but the final decision is made by the man in the centre,” he exclusively said. said this in my CaughtOffside column: “As I said earlier, I’m a big fan of VAR. But as we saw in the Liverpool v Newcastle game, the problem is that players still dive and there is always human error.”
I hope the team of people in the VAR room can make those decisions very quickly. “You can watch replays on Sky or TNT and I can’t say they’re great, but I’ve been in the game for a while.
long and I’ve been in the game for a long time and I don’t want to make a decision 30 seconds into the story. Three different angles. It could be a minute, but I don’t think it’s fair to have so many people crowding around when there’s nothing on the pitch and forcing the referee to watch it again for 4-5 minutes. “
The best thing in a football match is to celebrate when your team scores, but you can’t do that now.“So you have to get the crowd involved.
There has to be replays on the screen to keep the atmosphere going in the stadium and to get everyone jumping up and down and putting their heads in their hands.“Football is still a fast-paced game, so VAR needs to be faster and play with more people.
