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He should have made the game fairer and easier for the referees. He only partially! The VAR causes some redheads and a lot of misunderstanding in football Switzerland. Compared to the debut season 2019/20, the VAR is now twice as involved in the Super League. “The VAR interferes too often at the moment,” says former top referee and current expert Urs Meier. Dani Wermelinger sees it that way too. The referee boss is quite self-critical in the Sunday view, saying: “At the beginning of the second half of the season, we tended to be detective in the video operating room.”
After St. Gallen’s 6-1 win over Basel on Sunday, criticism from the VAR poured in again. This time, however, because the VAR apparently did not interfere enough. Guillemenot and Quintilla’s free kicks were not preceded by a handball or foul in Basel. Several FCB fans are annoyed and ask: “Why doesn’t the VAR intervene?”
“It works well in tennis”
The answer is simple: Because he is not allowed to do this! In the video room in Volketswil ZH, the VAR only checks what it is allowed to change according to the VAR protocol. Every goal, every penalty and every red card. Fouls and handballs outside the box do not count, even if they result in a goal or, as in St. Gallen, two goals.
Maybe this will change someday. Then, if the International Football Association Board (IFAB) – the grail guardians of football rules – agreed to Urs Meier’s proposal. The former top referee and the connoisseur of today says to Blick: “Perhaps it would not be a problem if we considered in football whether we wanted to introduce a challenge analogous to tennis. It works very well there.”¨
The challenge allows a tennis player to have a point judged if they suspect an umpire has made a wrong call. A player has three challenges per set; if his guess is correct, no challenge is deducted from him. Meier: “I can imagine that every coach has the opportunity to request a VAR review twice per game.” Incidentally, many players and coaches already do that, although it does not help. Because all relevant scenes are automatically viewed in Volketswil.
“There is always something to talk about in football”
Meier’s suggestion would have given FCB assistant coach Martin Andermatt – Heiko Vogel was suspended – a chance to mount a challenge before the free kicks were taken. Referee Luca Cibelli should have seen the scene on TV again. No one knows how he would have decided then. Because unlike tennis, football decisions are hardly ever made in black and white, many are in the gray area. Ex-Nati coach Rolf Fringer says: “Whether it’s with or without VAR, a lot of decisions aren’t clear. There will always be something to talk about. That’s a good thing, otherwise football would be boring.”
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
