"We forgot a little bit, everywhere, he said. Eight years ago, I came to London and we discussed what VAR stands for. We spoke about clear mistakes, because technology works so well in factual decisions. In objective decisions, it is fantastic. Subjective evaluation is more difficult. That's why we started to speak about clear and obvious mistakes: clear evidence. I believe that we need to speak about this again in our meetings at the end of the season."
"We cannot go in this direction of microscopic VAR intervention. We love football like it is. Rosetti criticised the overuse of slow-motion replays to diagnose offences that may be relatively harmless in real time. We call this moviola, he said, referring to a 1920s film-editing machine. When you are watching the situation with the super-slow motion, you can find a lot of things."
"The Premier League's VAR intervention rate of 0.15 per match for on-field reviews 0.27 including factual reviews that do not demand the referee's interpretation is the lowest in Europe but it is roundly accused of overly pedantic use. In the Champions League, the overall rate is 0.47. Speaking after Uefa's annual congress in Brussels, Rosetti said media narratives had played a part in fuelling its overuse."
Video assistant refereeing has become increasingly microscopic, extending intervention into subjective moments that were intended to be settled on the field. Slow-motion replay magnifies incidental contact and encourages diagnoses of offences that appear trivial in real time. Statistical intervention rates vary by competition, with the Premier League recording lower on-field review frequency but persistent criticism for pedantry, and the Champions League showing higher rates. Media scrutiny and calls for intervention have incentivised more reviews. A renewed focus on the original 'clear and obvious' error standard and a season-end review of VAR protocols are advocated to restore appropriate limits on technological intervention.
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