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VAR at Premier League 2019/2020 season made 4 mistakes

The British professional arbitration board admitted that VAR made 4 mistakes in the first 12 rounds of the 2019/2020 season.

VAR Premier League made 4 mistakes that made MU benefited while Chelsea and Arsenal were disadvantaged.

Mr. Mike Riley, General Director of the British Professional Arbitration Board (PGMOL) had a meeting with representatives of clubs to assess the use of VAR in the first 12 rounds of the English Premier League this season. He acknowledged that of the 28 referees who changed their decision thanks to VAR intervention, four were “wrongly whistle-blown”.

Among the errors mentioned, there were three penalties for MU (against Norwich), Brighton (against Everton) and Watford (against Chelsea), PGMOL acknowledged that those collisions were not fouls. The remaining situation is Arsenal’s unrecognized goal against Crystal Palace, VAR caused the referee to penalize Calum Chambers.

The 2019/2020 season is the first season the Premier League uses VAR.

VAR’s singular errors remind fans that this is not exactly the right and wrong technology like Goal-line or Hawk-eye, calling “VAR technology” wrong. VAR is a team of referees who analyze multi-angle video footage to advise the referees to avoid making mistakes in key situations of the game (e.g. leading to a goal, penalty or red card).

“We are still far from reaching perfection and improving our way of doing things,” said Mike Riley. “The worst case scenario is when the referee on the pitch makes the right decision but VAR intervenes again leading to the wrong decision. There is still a lot we need to do to improve efficiency.”

The former Premier League referees said that not using the screen outside the boundary to allow the referee to personally watch the video did not seem to be a reasonable choice. PGMOL and the Premier League Organizing Committee will study more options to reduce the time of interrupting the match when VAR intervenes, and minimize errors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Top 5 “extreme technologies” applied at the 2018 World Cup (Part 1)

World Cup 2018 is becoming more watchable than ever, not only because of fascinating matches, famous players but also by the following unique technology applications.

VAR

VAR (Video Assistant Referee), roughly translated as “Video Arbitration Assistant”, is a system of cameras arranged throughout the yard to best control situations of disputes, collisions, resulting goals, etc. FIFA special, trained and professional assistants will be used to assume this position.

In total, there will be more than 30 cameras installed throughout the game field, supporting slow-motion technology (Slow-motion and Ultra-Slow motion) with the ability to record the sharpest of every game of the match. The assistant team watching VAR will contact the referees by a private line.

They will help the “black king” have more information and the most accurate information before making a decision about a ball. FIFA plans to apply this VAR technology in all 64 matches at the 2018 World Cup.

As can be seen, VAR technology is applied in every match of 2018 World Cup, which helps confirm the results objectively.

Although meant to limit the errors of the referees, but, in some cases, VAR does not promote its use. As at the A-League Australia, this technology has had a negative impact on the outcome of some matches.

Things to know about VAR technology

In order to limit this, FIFA has upgraded VAR and called the improved version “VAR Information System“. However, football fans are still dissatisfied with this technology, especially when VAR made the referee take more time before making a decision. This of course has affected the attractiveness of some matches.

Therefore, some supporters did not hesitate to criticize VAR as a “technological disaster”.

4K TV technology (4K UHD Video & VR)

If VAR has caused mixed opinions, with 4K TV (4K UHD Video & VR) technology, football fans can’t seem to find any reason to blame it.