VAR is not the problem
The issue is those who are using video assistance and making decisions without any common sense. This is a referee problem.
The incompetence at this level of the game is bad for European Football. The referees always get away with it with no repercussions. The players, the managers & the clubs will pay for their mistakes while these referees just move on to the next match.
Until the referees are held accountable for their decisions this sport is not enjoyable to watch anymore. If they find the job difficult then find someone who is capable of doing the job.
The state of refereeing now is so so bad that I t might not even be wild to speculate that this seems to be a planned execution by the referees association to discredit the use of video assistance, so the game will go back to being played the old way where their decision is the final and they don’t have to refer to a third party.
How difficult can it be to make a decision with the help of VAR ? It has to be such a useful a tool. It makes no sense as to why it’s being implemented so poorly.
I honestly would be in full support of AI to replace these humans who seem completely incapable of using their common sense.
It’s hard to justify talking time to watch this sport when someone’s lack of common sense can completely ruin the competition & fun in football.
This all sounds great but doesn’t work because of herd mentality. No one wants to be wrong to they will essentially end up backing each other even if the decision is ridiculously overkill.
Let’s say something similar like Rashford’s recent red card in CL happened in PL. The ref thinks it’s a red but in hindsight it never really a red at all. He wasn’t trying to injure the player & his foot was in a natural position and the opposition played happened to place his foot there.
Sure it looks like a red when you play it in slow motion on VAR but where is was Rashford supposed to place his foot ? He didn’t even see the opponent’s foot there as he was looking to control the ball. Was that a red ? of course not. A red is for intentional harmful behavior. This was an unintentional coming together.
No amount of independent refs will overturn the onfield refs red. For some vain reason they perceive being told to overturn their decision is an embarrassment. This happens all the time in Cricket & other sport. All the fans care about is a fair game that’s fun to watch. Making the sport about your own ego as a ref is childish and genuinely narcissistic.