How would the LaLiga classification be on matchday 35 without the interventions of the VAR

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 35 matchdays played, and the one that would exist if the VAR did not exist.

This year the league seems to be quite unbalanced both above and below, so although the performance of the VAR is still important, for the relevant positions in LaLiga it is not having a great impact since with or without VAR , the teams that are both in Europe and in relegation would remain.

This last day, the VAR was present in three games and changed the result of one of them. This is the one played in San Mamés against Osasuna, since the technology disallowed a goal from Muniain due to offside. In Villarreal-Sevilla, a goal from Terrarts was disallowed and a penalty due to a handball by Capoue was cancelled. And in the FC Barcelona-Real Sociedad match he ended up giving a penalty in favor of Barcelona at the end of the match that would mean the final 2-0 for the culés.