Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s managing director for refereeing, strongly criticized VAR technology at the UEFA Congress on February 13, stating that some video reviews are no longer connected to football. His core complaint centers on mission drift: VAR, originally designed to correct clear and obvious errors, has turned into a forensic investigation with slow-motion replays examining marginal incidents frame by frame. UEFA published Rosetti’s priorities on February 16, and by July 2026, all 55 member associations had adopted guidelines explicitly limiting VAR reviews to clear and obvious errors ahead of the 2026/27 season.
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