How effective is the 'VAR' newly introduced in the World Cup?


" Video Assistant Referee (VAR) " newly introduced from the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, a soccer festival held once every four years that started on June 14, 2018, is a referee It is a system prepared to raise the judge accuracy of. Unlike the referees who stand on the pitch, the role of VAR is to prevent serious mistjudge by monitoring the game with a monitor prepared in a separate room and advising the referee, so the VAR does not judge the judge It is characterized by being treated as an opinion which is the reference of the referee to the last. Receiving instructions from the VAR, the referee can confirm the scene with a monitor near the pitch and make a decision again, and it is frequent that the referee checks the monitor even during the World Cup match. The Economist introduces the data on how VAR actually exerts its effect.

VAR increase refereeing accuracy, but not the total penalty count - Daily chart
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/25/var-increases-refereing-accuracy-but-not-the-total-penalty-count

In football, the word "maricia" which means "sagariness" in Portuguese is widely used. This is "a foul that does not notice the referee", "simulation (trying to obtain advantageous judgment by pretending to be foul played)", "act of inducing a foul or a mistake by provoking opponent" "Shogun clever play" is effective in advancing the game advantageously. VAR is introduced to strictly crack down acts that deceive such referees. The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia was the first to introduce the VAR in the World Cup, the memorable "PK given by VAR for the first time in the World Cup" was born in France against Australia. It is the French representative Greeksman who kicked the PK, and if you look at the following movie, you can see the moment when the referee reverses the judgment using VAR.

Antoine GRIEZMANN Goal - France v Australia - MATCH 5 - YouTube


Of course, VAR has been experimentally operated in the German Bundesliga, Serie A in Italy, and several other soccer leagues before the World Cup. However, when I actually operated in the World Cup, the game was interrupted many times due to VAR, and former England representative forward Alan Shearer said, "I want to say clearly that VAR is perfect but I do not like it at all" It is a fact that they are collecting topics something, such as being given a negative opinion. Also, some people claim that the referee will repeat the misjudge even if VAR is used.


However, one of the top leagues in the world, an official of Bundesliga in Germany and Italy's Serie A who has been testing the VAR in the domestic league admits that "VAR is still missing some fouls" According to the introduction of the system, "I was able to reduce mistakes by 80%".

In addition, the International Football Council has only 1.1% of misjudgments among the judgments made using VAR, whereas if not using VAR, the data that 7% of the judgment is false judgment I reveal it.

In addition, against the voice concerning that VAR will interrupt the game, the time for the referee to stop the game for video confirmation at VAR is "only 1% of game time", whereas the set The time to stop the game for play is cited as "data as much as 28% of game time", and emphasizes that the game interruption time at VAR is minor.

The data at the top of the image below shows the average number of PKs per game in the football leagues (Germany, Italy, Portugal, America, Australia, Korea) that introduced VAR. A light blue bar is the number before VAR introduction, an orange bar is a number after VAR introduction. Although the judgment of PK is increasing in the World Cup due to the introduction of VAR, we can see that the data of each country league is the same as the conventional figure.



Also, the graph at the bottom of the image shows "the rate at which the home team is given PK". It is often said that a whistle favorable to the home team is played but in Italy Serie A seems to have reduced the number of PKs favorable to the home team due to the introduction of VAR, but all of the data for six countries Together, it is said that the fact that a favorable whistle is blowing on the home team can not be seen.

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