Uefa calls leagues to summit over 'microscopic' VAR
Uefa has summoned Europe’s top leagues to a meeting in the summer to discuss how video assistant referee (VAR) technology is being used. The summit will include referees’ chiefs from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1. The aim is to discuss how to reset VAR to its intended role of intervening only in the clearest of errors.
Roberto Rosetti - the head of UEFA’s referees - called the meeting after saying last month the game must not “go in this direction of microscopic VAR interventions”. Uefa wants to discuss with leagues how they use VAR and the thresholds applied. Rosetti said, “I believe that we forgot the reason why VAR was introduced.” He added, “In objective decisions, it is fantastic. For interpretations, subjective evaluation is more difficult.” The Premier League has the lowest VAR intervention rate this season - 0.275 per game. The Bundesliga and La Liga come next at 0.38 interventions per game, with Serie A at 0.44 and Ligue 1 at 0.47. In the Champions League, interventions are at a rate of 0.45 per game.
Rosetti also wants all leagues to speak “only one technical language” after controversy over the inconsistent application of laws such as handball. It is hoped that the meeting could lead to a more universal approach to the laws and how VAR is used.
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UEFA has called Europe's top leagues to a summer summit regarding VAR. The meeting aims to discuss resetting VAR to its intended role - but inconsistent application of laws could complicate things.
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