{"id":3507,"date":"2026-04-26T06:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:40:09","slug":"i-dont-understand-anything-anymore-either-says-alexander-ceferin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3507","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI don\u2019t understand anything anymore either,\u201d says Alexander Ceferin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>A hand whistled here but not there, a red card inflicted or not in two similar situations, the video assistant who intervenes with, it seems, a very personal reading of the \u201cobvious error\u201d&#8230; Not a weekend goes by in the European championships without the refereeing being called into question. The introduction of VAR has not changed anything, quite the contrary. And even the UEFA president admitted to being a little fed up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, fans cannot understand the different interpretations of the rules from one match to another, and I understand them: I don&#8217;t understand anything anymore either,\u201d Alexander Ceferin said on Friday during a conference organized in Madrid by Apollo Sports Capital, Atl\u00e9tico&#8217;s new majority shareholder. For the hands for example, no one understands anything. If it&#8217;s a penalty or not, if it&#8217;s intentional or not&#8230; How do you know, you&#8217;re not a psychiatrist! \u00bb<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper u-hidden\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-lang=\"fr_FR\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">An error has crept into the updated ranking. Here is the correct version (the 3 points from PSG&#8217;s victory against Nantes were missing). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jHjoIjQNlq\">pic.twitter.com\/jHjoIjQNlq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Check VAR Ligue 1 (@ArbitreVAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArbitreVAR\/status\/2047590855003734382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A surprising outing from one of the highest leaders in world football? A little, even if we remember that the Slovenian was not a fierce supporter of the introduction of video in football, decided by Fifa. At the time of the debate on its use from the 2018 World Cup, Ceferin was reluctant. \u201cI know we won&#8217;t go back but on this subject, I&#8217;m a little conservative. \u201c, he declared in particular.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the UEFA president insisted that \u201cthe referee (must) remain the judge\u201d. He hasn&#8217;t changed his mind. \u201cWhat we try to explain to the referees is that it is the referee on the field who decides. VAR should only intervene in the event of a clear and manifest error. And the interventions must be short, not like sometimes in La Liga or the Premier League, with 10-15 minutes of stopping to check an action,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Our file on video arbitration<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Ceferin considered that the best way to avoid errors was \u201cto respect as strictly as possible\u201d the IFAB regulations, regretting that European clubs only call him to \u201ccomplain\u201d and \u201cnever\u201d to recognize a decision that was favorable to them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hand whistled here but not there, a red card inflicted or not in two similar situations, the video assistant who intervenes with, it seems, a very personal reading of the \u201cobvious error\u201d&#8230; Not a weekend goes by in the European championships without the refereeing being called into question. 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