‘Millions are invested in the VAR, but we hardly know how to use it’ | Football

sport">Defender Romain Thomas in particular did not hide his anger. “It’s unbelievable what’s happening again today,” he grumbles for the camera of Amazon prime. “Losing at PSG is of course not a shame, but that it has to be this way. That VAR always plays a role, it is tiresome.”

sport">“Millions are invested in it, but we hardly know how to use it,” Thomas continues. According to him, in the run-up to PSG’s late penalty kick, Mauro Icardi first committed a foul. “He pulled my arm. The referee said that everything had been checked by the VAR, but that is not possible. That is a lie.”

sport">Trainer Gérald Baticle goes one step further. “I feel a lot of frustration, even anger and misunderstanding. I’m not good at it,” quotes The team. “I’ve always promised my family I wouldn’t tell a cry over referee decisions, but it’s stronger than me.”

sport">“I am in favor of VAR, which corrects 80 percent of errors,” Baticle continues. “But if you’re always in the 20 percent uncorrected, it’s very hard to digest. The handball is being looked at, but why can’t the mistake Icardi make on Thomas barely two seconds earlier not be judged?”

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