The Premier League defends the performance of its referees and var systems, saying that the rest of the world will “look” at English officials “as a model they want to follow”.
League’s chief football official Tony Scholes, reported on Tuesday a deduction of applying errors and a reduction in VAR delays on the English top flight. His comments only came a week after referee Michael Oliver received death threats after a apparent error in a match.
Scholes said of refereeing standards: “The comment I get from the club Where they all look at the match officials in this country and in fact the VAR and VAR officials in this country as a model they want to follow. I from people all over the world. “
Twelve months ago Scholes admitted that the implementation of the var was “nothing near enough” but this year he returned with a more positive message. Scholes said there were 64 errors made by the judges in the major match incidents of this season, up to and included Sunday 23, down from 80 at the same period a year ago. There were 70 VAR interventions at that time, with 66 correctly recovered a decision.
“That is less than one intervention in three games, showing that VAR interruption is probably not at the level that many of us see,” Scholes said. “We should also recognize that the number of VAR errors drops significantly from 20 to 13 as well.
“I emphasize clubs all the time that no one here slows down the significance and the impact of a single error. We know it can cost club points, it can cost results, it can cost managers [their] Positions that are potential.
“It is absolutely right that we continue to push these officers to be as good as they can. But it is also right that we acknowledge the development that has been done, because we do not get the best performance out of people if We continue to criticize, continue to be beaten [people] Over the errors made. It is true that we must recognize the development. “
Scholes confirmed that the length of the VAR delays also dropped from more than one minute per match during 2023-24 to 40 seconds. This is a reduction that has occurred without semi-automatic offside technology (SOAT), which is expected to be implemented before Christmas but encountered test problems.
“We are making meaningful development,” Scholes said of Saot. “I have to admit because of the difficulties we had in the first months of time. I had a serious doubt about it but we had a lot of progress in this place today. We believe we will accept the best system and the most accurate That system.
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It has also been confirmed that Chelsea and Manchester City will not have the start of their league period postponed if they deepen the Club World Cup.
FIFA will set a one-month US contest this summer, with the final July, just a month before the Premier League begins on August 16. PEP Guardiola had previously suggested that the city had asked the league for an extension of their rest in Tag -Habit, but Scholes said any request would be rejected. “The calendar is soaked as it can be at the moment and we can’t delay the start of the season,” he said.
