VAR was originally designed to provide clarity to disputed plays in world football. However, its implementation and the training that referees receive has recently increased controversy rather than helped.
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This weekend, for example, there was a play in which many América de Cali fans complained about a penalty that was called against their team, in the match against Atlético Nacional. Although the VAR called referee Andrés Rojas to review the action, he stood by his initial decision.
Where did they get the line to analyze this play in Venezuela?
But if in Colombia the discussions about video refereeing are already a recurring topic, what happened in Venezuela is making headlines around the world. It happened this Monday, in the game between Academia Puerto Cabello and Portuguesa, which ended in a goalless draw.
It should be noted from the start that this match did not have a VAR. In the 86th minute, the home team’s striker Marlon Díaz scored the equaliser, but the match’s central referee, Yilbert Bermúdez, ruled the action offside.
The incredible thing was the line that the television production made to show the possible offside, a line totally out of perspective in which they considered the Puerto Cabello striker to be allowed.
Based on what he saw on television, the commentator tried to find an explanation and spoke about the position of the attacker and the possibility that he was behind the line of the ball.
The curious thing about this case is that the judge was right to annul the action. The journalist and statistician Paolo Arenas took the trouble to review the action and make the correct line and there, you can see Díaz in an offside position.
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