UEFA’s referees’ chief Roberto Rosetti hopes the light-touch approach to VAR employed at Euro 2020 continues into Europe’s domestic leagues next season, warning it is “dangerous” to over-analyse decisions. If we do, VAR can be dangerous if it is not used appropriately, and we saw this in some countries,” he said. “There is a lot of grey, there are a lot of borderline situations in football,” he said. There were 98 yellow cards, compared to 129 at Euro 2016, but double the number of red cards – six compared to three. Seventeen penalties were awarded, six via VAR, compared to 12 awarded at Euro 2016.

Source: Express July 14, 2021 12:56 UTC