Julián Alvarez on Spotlight: VAR & Football’s controversial call
No matter if you’re a Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, or neutral fan, you can look at that and say, “I like what’s going on with our sport today.” There is no way you can be happy about this direction, this is how VAR has changed the game. There is a reason for it. Because the rules are the way they are, I promise you there’s a reason. And if there isn’t a redo, there isn’t one, because that’s how the rules are written. Real Madrid has moved on. Wait a minute.
They say that at first the left foot doesn’t move. People say that he shoots it off of his left foot when he uses his right foot. Moving won’t happen until after. I couldn’t there. He shoots it with his right hand and then hits it with his left. We have a lot of it. Behind us is a 500-inch screen that we’re looking at with the Hubblescope. I’m not sure. No one knows. It’s hard to tell if there’s a touch or not.
And you’re telling me there’s proof that that plant foot went and touched the ball? He wasn’t trying to lie. He fell. It has to be real-world proof. Did he touch it? Yes or no? Really, I do. And the refs. I really want to believe that they have another view besides that one that shows for sure that his foot touched the ball after he shot it.
But here’s the thing. No one would have known about it if it hadn’t been called. No one would have known about it. Now that VAR is in the game, it’s more controversial. Because we would not have known that happened if VAR hadn’t been involved. So, here’s the thing about VAR and how the game is being faked, changed, or whatever you want to call it. You either back Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid, or you don’t care either way.
VAR In Spotlight
There’s something about that that makes you think, “I like what’s going on with our sport today.” There is no way you can be happy about this direction, this is how VAR has changed the game. There is a reason for it. Because the rules are the way they are, I promise you there’s a reason. And the rules say that if there isn’t a repeat, there isn’t one. The goalie can move out of the way to stop the penalty kick, and the play goes on.
I mean, there are so many clear-cut VAR rules that we have to follow them. It happens all the time with the offside. Poppy, I’m not sure if we have to just accept them. The ones on the outside, the ones that say yes or no. I do understand why it’s so hard for us to see things this way right now, though. I get why he’s so angry. I totally get why he’s mad. Are you even leaving this with the thought that it so easily could have been us on the other side? This is not what any sports fan wants to see.
Well, I think the main thing being talked about right now is how Real Madrid seems to be getting the better of some of these choices. Now, this is just a mistake, right? It was a mistake. There was no plan to cheat. To return to Nico’s point, I believe this has more to do with the law. Because I believe in VAR, there are some good things.
I like that there is a way to tell if the ball passed the line. That’s nice. I like it for some handballs, but let’s be honest: some handballs are just plain silly. The biggest problem I see with VAR is that it seems to punish a lot of mistakes that weren’t meant to happen. And that’s where it gets a little confusing for me. For me, it’s more of a legal matter.
Since we’re talking about rules, let’s welcome Christina Uncle Grell in. Since I know you have, why don’t you go ahead and do it? The answer is simple. On a penalty, you can’t have two touches. or when you’re taking a penalty kick, the most important thing to note is that the referee, err, VAR has access to semi-automated offside technology that makes it easier to see when the kick point actually happens on the ball.
Just to remind you, there is semi-automated offside technology in the Champions League. It looks at all players’ body spots, but especially the kicker’s. It also looks at the ball itself. That technology with semi-automated offside helps scientists figure out when the speed of the ball starts to change. That decision is made by the VAR, which uses the information about when the ball was actually touched to show that the left landing foot did touch it before the right. UEFA tournaments have put millions of dollars into technology to make this work.
By everyone involved. Right now, we’re seeing it play out in a way that many people might not like, but the law is the law, and technology is what gives the referee on the field the knowledge and the confidence to take that away. You know what, Christina? I’m not going to fight about whether VAR has helped or hurt our game. I want to make something clear so that football fans who don’t like what just happened can stop being angry about it.
What does he see when you talk about the chip in the ball, the change in movement or direction, the VAR, and those other things? Is there a screen that tells him the ball went in a different direction after Julian Alvarez hit it for the first time? What real-world proof do they have when they watch a replay or a computer image from different views that Julian Alvarez hit the ball twice before it went in? Yes, you do have two monitors in front of you.
There is one in front of the judge and the other in front of the video operator. It basically proves to you that this is when the contact actually happened. The VAR’s only job then is to make sure that what you see on the tape actually backs that up. That’s why there are only two monitors on the screen. Christina, you did a great job of breaking that down. That’s it, I’m sure. It was also very interesting for people at home. So this is my problem, right?
It’s risky to get a red card. This is something that doesn’t give you any edge over other people. If you double hit a ball, which I haven’t seen many of, the ball goes out because it’s no longer accurate. Either something unexpected happened or you’re falling behind. The player isn’t trying to get an edge over the other players by doing what he’s doing. All of those fouls are different in how they are seen. That’s where the law ends. That’s where we ask, “What does football expect?” What does football know, right?
VAR Is Refining Football Decisions
You know, how do you understand football at the top levels compared to a pro game compared to a U9 game? Everyone doesn’t like this because it’s against the rules, right? It’s the one you all hate because someone is offside by a toe. We’d all look at it and ask, “Did they really gain a sporting advantage by being barely the toenail on?” Here, everyone would say no. At the end of the day, though, there are rules that are very clear-cut. For example, when we talk about offside, we’re talking about whether the person is in an offside position by themselves.
That’s kind of like throw-ins, right? Was it clear that the ball was kicked off? All of those rules are technical and must be part of the game order for it to work. Kindly disagree with your statement that this might be annoying because of this very rare event. I don’t remember. I’m pretty sure that this kind of double-touch has never happened to me before in my whole career. It’s crazy to see things like this at the Champions League. It’s mostly a matter of first impressions.
In fact, I believe this one is making everyone crazy because no one likes a technical fight. As a lawyer, I can tell you that courts also hate technical arguments. But the law is the law. As a minor point, Jude Bellingham’s run-up was also called into question because it looked like he almost stopped and then kept going, which is something you can’t do. This is what we’re talking about when we say “kick.”
Do you think he’s okay right now? He’s going to stumble and run up, but we’re okay with that. It’s right there. You see, the continuing must happen where he plants and where he starts that movement with his leg. Must keep happening, right? He needs to keep giving that kick. He won’t be able to stutter after that. He can’t show his leg. And it reminded me of when people used to run up. We’d always tell you about Neymar.
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