{"id":32487,"date":"2018-06-24T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=32487"},"modified":"2018-06-24T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T17:31:29","slug":"queiroz-slams-var-says-system-confusing-for-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/06\/24\/queiroz-slams-var-says-system-confusing-for-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Queiroz slams VAR, says system confusing for fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters – SARANSK, Iran coach Carlos Queiroz criticised the video assistant referee (VAR) system on Sunday and said it has left many fans sitting in the stands scratching their heads about what was going on.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new system was intended to correct referee errors but has delivered more contention with technology playing a decisive role in some matches during the World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old Portuguese manager was initially reluctant to comment on VAR for the fear of retribution from governing body FIFA but then decided to speak on \u201cbehalf of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFootball belongs to the people, that cannot change. This is the people\u2019s game,\u201d Queiroz said ahead of Iran\u2019s final Group B match against Portugal at the Mordovia Arena on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is crucial and fundamental that a group of intellectual people are deciding behind the scenes without anybody understanding what is going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not good for the prestige of the game. The game must be clear, it needs to be obvious.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople sitting in the stands need to know what the rules are. Who is refereeing the game? We need to know.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople deserve to know what are the rules of the game and the game belongs to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

VAR is being used at the World Cup finals for the first time. Although it has been used in domestic competitions across Europe in the past year, some concerns have been raised about the system.<\/p>\n

FIFA\u2019s director of refereeing, Massimo Busacca, said before the tournament that VAR would not be perfect in Russia and so it has proved, with inconsistency in decision making frustrating teams and fans alike.<\/p>\n

Critics of the VAR system were handed ample ammunition when Serbia were somehow denied what appeared a blatant penalty in their defeat to Switzerland on Friday.<\/p>\n

A penalty was also disallowed in Brazil\u2019s win over Costa Rica after VAR deemed there not to have been a foul on Neymar.<\/p>\n

Both Brazil and England felt that VAR should have been used to review penalty decisions in their opening fixtures, while Australia coach Bert van Marwijk was left furious with the role the system played in his team\u2019s loss to France.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know to fail is human. But VAR was born to make it right,\u201d Queiroz said. \u201cIt is not right to come out with a system and then make the same excuses like before.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a problem with concussion, with security, we have immediate help on the field. But if we need clarification on referees, we have to write to FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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