This is how the LaLiga classification would be on matchday 32 without the VAR interventions: tie for second place

All eyes day after day point to the VAR. This technology that came to help referees make football fairer, and it seems that what is resulting is dividing spectators and sowing even more doubts. The truth is that it is a very useful tool, which used correctly can be very beneficial. The point is that criteria need to be unified around its use, so that we are all clear in which situations the VAR should enter and when and what criteria the referees follow when making decisions.

It is clear that the controversy will always be there, and in most cases one of the two teams will not be happy with a referee's decision. This is why doubts arise regarding the VAR, given that it came as a tool to impose justice and put an end to discrepancies in referee decisions, and the opposite is being achieved.

Next, we will show the comparison between the current LaLiga classification after 32 games played, (in the absence of Sevilla vs Mallorca being played) and what it would be if the VAR did not exist.

Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ​​among other teams, have benefited from the use of VAR. In the case of the whites, they add one more point to their locker, while the Blaugranas would have stopped adding four points without the use of technology.

We can see that Real Madrid would be first classified with one point less than in the real classification, although it would give Barcelona more advantage since Xavi's team would have 4 points less.

In the fight for Europe, Getafe would overtake Valencia, Celta de Vigo would go from marking permanence to being 9 points above relegation, while in the lower zone the last three would be the same, although they would all have more points.

In short, we observe that the classification would be somewhat different. The question is whether the VAR can really fulfill that helpful function with which it arrived in the world of football. Let's hope that this is the case, and that technology allows us to establish a fairer football and, above all, that continues to dazzle the viewer in the same way.

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