00:00Should the use cases for VAR be expanded?
00:02This debate is incredibly interesting, both because it's so complex and because the opinions one can have are so varied.
00:05slightly biased by the current view of arbitration.
00:08To quickly summarize the basic story, the Premier League has just partially rejected an expansion project
00:13from VAR.
00:13This project allowed for three things: 1. It also corrected player identity errors, for example when
00:18An umpire was about to give a yellow card to the wrong person.
00:21but also the cases where there could potentially be a second yellow card which could be the red card.
00:25And the last one, and this is the one that the Premier League rejected in particular, is the case where
00:28We could correct the incorrect corner assignments.
00:31In other words, I don't know, there's a shot that's deflected, then deflected again, well, where is it
00:34vague,
00:35Basically, VAR could directly call the referee to say, "Well, there's a corner," or to retake it.
00:39a corner.
00:40So everyone reacted a bit in all sorts of ways, but I invite you to
00:43to reflect on a condition.
00:44Let's assume that VAR had no flaws, that it made virtually no mistakes.
00:48In that case, would you be in favor of extending the responsibilities of VAR?
00:51Because it's true that there are many who are against it for a reason that doesn't have
00:54almost completely unrelated to the debate.
00:56The problem is that there are a lot of errors with VAR; it makes the errors much more frequent.
00:58more frustrating.
00:59Inevitably, after seeing errors here and inconsistencies there,
01:02When you see the state of the refereeing in both Champions League semi-finals,
01:05Well, I'm still in favor, but on one condition: that VAR needs to be made more fluid.
01:10I will take two examples, let's say we are judging an offside.
01:12In my opinion, we shouldn't take 4, 5, or 6 minutes to judge an offside.
01:16Either it's blatant, bam, VAR cancels it, or it's a close call, come on, we let it go.
01:21The same goes for a hand; at some point, if we really take 5 or 6 minutes to think about whether...
01:25'There is a hand or there is no hand,'
01:26Well, it's just that it's not obvious at all.
01:27I remind you that VAR is not there to make football error-free.
01:30but to correct the most obvious errors.
01:32So I agree with these arrangements, but only on one condition,
01:35The important thing is that it's quick, that we don't need to check for more than 2
01:39minutes.
01:39We really should set a timer, literally, if after 2 minutes we still can't decide,
01:43We'll continue the game, too bad.
01:44And as for corners, it's going to be more of a caricature for me.
01:47Either it can be done in a few seconds, so that the referee can correct himself very quickly,
01:51Oh well, too bad, we're not going to ruin an action, because ultimately there was a corner kick before.
01:55And if we open the door to that, well, we open the door to just about anything.
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