By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
UEFA, the Governing Body of European Football, has called a meeting of referee chiefs from the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 to discuss how to reset VAR to its intended interpretation of only intervening in the clearest of errors.
The head of UEFA referees, Roberto Rosetti, wishes to discuss with the Leagues how they use VAR, and the thresholds that they apply.
He remarked that:
"I believe that we forgot the reason why VAR was introduced."
And added that:
"In objective decisions, it is fantastic. For interpretations, subjective evaluation is more difficult.”
VAR is operated in very different ways across European football.
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