MADRID.- “I don’t understand anything either,” the president of the UEFA, Alexander Ceferinin reference to the lack of unity in arbitration decisions since the implementation of video arbitration (VAR).
“Sometimes, fans cannot understand the different interpretations of the rules from one game to another, and I understand them: I don’t understand anything anymore either,” said Ceferin during ‘The Forum’ conference, organized in Madrid by Apollo Sports Capitalnew majority shareholder of Atlético de Madrid.
“With hands, for example, nobody understands anything. If it’s a penalty or not, if it’s intentional or not… How do you know, if you’re not a psychiatrist?” added the UEFA president.
“What we try to explain to the referees is that they are the ones who decide on the field of play. The VAR should only intervene in cases of clear and manifest error. And the interventions should be brief, not like sometimes in LaLiga or in the Premier Leaguewith breaks of 10-15 minutes to review an action,” he recalled.
The UEFA president considered that the best way to avoid errors was to “respect as strictly as possible” the regulations of the IFABregretting that European clubs call him only to “complain” and “never” to recognize a decision in their favor.
Bayern fined
He Bayern Munich was sanctioned this Thursday by UEFA with a fine of 90,000 euros ($105,000) for the incident in which press photographers were injured during the second leg of the quarterfinals of the European Champions Leagueon April 15 before the Real Madrid.
The Bavarian team thus escaped a partial closure of its stadium.
After the 4-3 victory, achieved with two goals in the last minutes, some Bayern fans crossed the fences separating them from the pitch to go celebrate with the players as they qualified for the semi-finals, crushing and injuring several photographers.
UEFA then decided to open a disciplinary file, which has led to this fine of 89,625 euros, which is a great relief for Bayern, who feared having to receive the Paris Saint-Germain on May 6 in the second leg of the European semifinals with a part of its stadium closed to the public.
