Colombian football is overdue for the VAR audio to go from private to public territory, so that the press, the teams and the fans in general can know what is said between the referees, what they discuss with the booth before making a decision, just as happens in other leagues.
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It is speculated that for the start of the home runs (a date is missing) it would already be a reality, but the approval from Fifa had not arrived at the offices of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) until Friday. For now, it is an uncertainty.
The VAR came as a tool to minimize referee error, but the controversies do not stop. Date to date of the League there are discussions, complaints about lack of clarity in the decisions.
Therefore, in search of greater transparency, the FCF began the process last year to obtain permission from Fifa to publish the audios, but as confirmed to EL TIEMPO by the Arbitration Commission and Dimayor, The permit has not arrived.
Wilmar Roldán looks at the screen in the match between Ecuador and Brazil, in January 2022: ‘I am not antiVAR,’ he said.
Rodrigo Buendía. Efe
“We are waiting for authorization from Fifa,” said a source, without wanting to delve into the reasons for the delay. The managers see it as a priority, especially now that the home runs are coming.
“We think it is important and we support it. It is a way to reduce the risks,” said a president of one of the classified teams, who preferred not to be identified. Héctor Fabio Báez, manager of Junior, said: “It is ideal, it also gives transparency to the tournament.”
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Imer Machado, director of the Arbitration Commission, expressed on October 2 in As Colombia: “We are in the consolidation of the project. There is the process, the president (Ramón Jesurún) has always had the will and has been aware of what is happening with the issue of the audios… Anything that helps to generate tranquility, to generate more credibility is welcome and the audios They can be that.”
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Imer Machado, former referee.
Andrea Moreno / EL TIEMPO
The public VAR audios are the result of Fifa, which does not approve them in its competitions, it did not allow them in the World Cup in Qatar, but it has authorized them in several leagues, such as the English one.
Even Conmebol publishes the audios, including those in the playoffs. These audios, in principle, must be educational and training in nature, but not commercial. Countries such as Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil and Chile already publish the audios.
The usual thing is that they are known after the matches, mounted on the official platform of the competition or the respective Federation, where the play under analysis is also explained. In general, Audios of the most discussed actions are usually published and not all VAR interventions, all this implies a post-match edition.
In Ecuador they intended for the audios to be public live, but it was not approved. There, furthermore, There was a conflict when the official TV channel It blocked the videos with the audios by claiming the exclusivity of the transmission rights of those images.
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Atlético Nacional vs. Racing and VAR
Jaiver Nieto and Néstor Gómez. TIME
The panorama on the continent shows that, for example, in North America, Mexico and the United States they do not make their audios public. Nor in countries like Venezuela or Bolivia. In Colombia, some are clamoring for it to be approved.
José Borda, arbitration analyst, sees it as an urgent need: “They should publish them, that would give transparency to Colombian soccer. There are actions where it is not known why the referees and the VAR act that way. If they publish them, it could be determined whether the referees are applying the rules of football and the VAR protocol in accordance with what is regulated by Fifa and Ifab (International Board). We would also realize the criteria they have for making or not making the calls, and by publishing the audios we could establish the responsibilities if they are failures of the referee or the VAR and it would help to correct them for other games.”
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For his part, Wílmar Barahona, another referee expert, insists: “It is necessary that the VAR audios be published, to know the information that the VAR referee gives to the central referee and what response he gives. We could already know what that communication is like, what they said, what buts they put: it is essential to provide clarity,” he says.
The disadvantages that experts see, although minimal compared to the benefit that would be obtained, have to do with the language that referees can use, the words they use and that can be strong for public opinion or even generate confusion.
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Roldán forgets the cards.
“There are terms that could not be correctly interpreted because it is not known what they mean. A VAR referee, for example, can say for me this action is recklessness and the other says, no, it is recklessness, that duality of criteria, which is allowed by the regulations, can generate doubts…”, says Borda.
The VAR audios are the missing complement, which does not guarantee that controversies will end, but it would help to ensure greater transparency, rigor in decisions and public credibility towards the VAR tool.
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