“The Mouse”… Will the Premier League enter the swamp of dark conspiracies?
Criticism has increased against refereeing in the English Football League against the backdrop of errors that some have described as “catastrophic”, especially since they are made after reviewing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology and for long minutes, as happened yesterday in the Arsenal and Newcastle match.
Since this technology was applied for the first time in the 2018 World Cup, fans around the world expected that it would greatly reduce referee errors, but it led to disastrous decisions, especially in the English Premier League, “the strongest in the world.” Arsenal coach Andre Mikel Arteta expressed his dissatisfied feelings after their first league loss this season at the hands of Newcastle, saying: “I feel sick… I feel nauseous.”
Arteta seemed disappointed with the referee’s decisions in the confrontation against Newcastle (Reuters)
Arteta commented on Newcastle’s controversial goal, saying: “What happened is embarrassing. How is this goal counted in the Premier League?!” We say this league is the best in the world… I spent 20 years in this country and now I feel ashamed… It’s a shame! “We are trying to do amazing things and be at the highest level every week.”
Arteta continued his speech: “If there is a team looking to win the match today, it is Arsenal.” “The result is not close to the level this league needs and the way this league competes.” “It is not good enough here in the (English Premier League).” “I feel embarrassed to be a part of this.”
While Newcastle coach Eddie Howe commented on Anthony Gordon’s goal, saying: “With every VAR check that was taking place, we thought that someone would cost us in the end… At first I thought it was a good goal, but I saw hesitation from the referee… It is clear that a ruling was given.” “Good from our point of view.” Most English referees rely on their decisions on the field and do not resort to VAR technology except in a few cases, so no round is without controversial arbitration cases, unanimously agreed upon by analytical studios and sports newspapers. In the past few weeks, the English Premier League has witnessed the latest – and perhaps the largest – crisis of confidence in refereeing. It has become clear that “video evidence” – as it was strangely called before the launch of the “VAR” technology in its current form – is not a panacea for the thorny situations in football matches at the elite level.
Arsenal players in discussions with the referee, objecting to the decision to award the goal (AFP)
Following the red card shown to DeAndre Yedlin in the match that Newcastle lost to Wolverhampton in December 2018, Newcastle United’s coach at the time, the Spanish Rafael Benitez, shouted at the referee, saying: “We need the VAR technique.” now. “I think we need to review the video.” Five years later, Mike Dean appeared on television to analyze arbitration decisions, and the VAR headquarters in Stockley Park gained notoriety. This technology – in England at least – has failed to learn from its many mistakes! Since the beginning of last season, according to the British Guardian, the arbitration committee has admitted to committing errors on 14 occasions. The good thing for the committee was that these mistakes went unnoticed, even though Arsenal – for example – was exposed to clear injustice twice during last season, which cost it greatly in the struggle to compete for the English Premier League title. An incorrect decision was made when a foul was called against Martin Odegaard, which cost Arsenal an early goal in the defeat to Manchester United last September, and another incorrect decision regarding offside deprived the club of two valuable points against Brentford.
Meanwhile, German coach Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s coach, stressed the futility of the English Premier League’s referees’ committee acknowledging that a “major human error” had occurred during his team’s match against Tottenham Hotspur in the seventh round of the competitions, noting that canceling his team’s goal caused a change in the momentum of the match.
The match between Liverpool and Tottenham, on Saturday, witnessed the match referee canceling a goal scored by the red team by Luis Diaz, due to him falling into the offside trap, in the first half of the match, when the score indicated a scoreless draw.
Klopp said: “What works now? The same mistake happened in the Manchester United-Wolverhampton match. Did Wolverhampton get the points? The answer is no.” He added: “We will not get points for this, so admitting the mistake will not work. “No one expects to make 100 percent correct decisions on the field, but we all believed that when you use the VAR technology, it might make things easier.”
Klopp asked: “Are referees under such great pressure?” Today the decision was made very quickly, and I would like to say that canceling this goal caused a change in the momentum of the match, and this is the case,” referring to the pressure exerted on the referees of the English Premier League matches, after the competition’s arbitration committee pledged to investigate the error witnessed in the team’s match against… Tottenham Hotspur.
Objections to the refereeing from both sides during the Arsenal-Newcastle match (AFP)
The goal shot was reviewed through the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology by Darren England, and the screens inside the match stadium announced that this review had taken place, at a time when play quickly resumed. England agreed with the referee’s decision to call Diaz the game offside, while television replays proved the Liverpool player’s position was correct and that he did not fall into the offside trap. What happened that day was that the referee returned to the video to investigate the validity of the goal, so that the clip was examined by the video referees, who indicated to the referee that “his decision was correct,” but they did not realize that the referee’s original decision was to cancel the goal, so I believe that it was a confirmation of his decision, which sparked Confusion in the mouse room after the resumption of play, as it is then not possible to speak with the referee and reconsider his decision.
The confrontation between Brighton and Liverpool witnessed a controversial refereeing situation in the last minute of the first half when Pascal Gross committed a mistake and left the ball to Dominik Soboslaj inside the penalty area, before he tried to correct the mistake with someone else and knocked him to the ground.
The referee did not hesitate to award a penalty kick, but there was surprise that he did not show the red card in the face of the Brighton player. The terms of the penalty apply to him, as there was no intention or attempt on his part to reach the ball at all, and he only deliberately obstructed Soboslaj.
Arsenal issued an official statement declaring its full support for its coach, Mikel Arteta, after his attack on the referees of the Newcastle United match that brought the two teams together yesterday, Saturday, and ended with the Gunners losing 0-1 in the 11th round of the English Premier League, at St. James Park.
Arsenal coach Arteta attacked the refereeing team for his team’s match against Newcastle, and questioned the validity of the only Maccabees goal scored by Gordon via video technology after reviewing 3 cases: the ball leaving the field, the second being offside on Gordon, and the third a foul on Joelinton, the goal maker.
Analysts criticized the performance of VAR technology in the English Premier League, not only at the level of wrong decisions, but also regarding the extreme slowness of decision-making.
English journalist Henry Winter, commenting on the case of Manchester United’s goal being offside against Fulham, said: “It is not the VAR that kills matches, it is the ridiculous amount of time it takes, 4 minutes for offside? “This is a joke. It’s a lack of communication.”
He added: “It is a lack of quality in a very large number of referees. It is a crime for the fans who distribute wealth to the game. By the way, it is a semi-automatic infiltration technique that is carried out as quickly as possible.”
No season, at least in recent years, has witnessed refereeing errors in the English Premier League like what this season is witnessing, which is still in its infancy, which is a dangerous indicator of the strongest league in the world, in which refereeing errors have exceeded the “seriousness” of errors in other leagues that are less severe. Much.
According to the British Guardian, English football had never witnessed arbitration scandals like those that occurred in Spain, Italy or Germany, and arbitration decisions in the Premier League were viewed as something sacred that should not be challenged. But the great damage that could be caused by the repeated failures of the current arbitration committee and its mismanagement of the “VAR” technology may threaten to plunge the English Premier League into a swamp of dark conspiracies!
2023-11-05 22:40:39
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