Roberto Martinez
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So I think the figure of the technical director being linked with the head coach of the Red Devils made a lot of sense.
But now in January, we'll try to put another technical director in place and almost set the next five, six years.
I'm after a job.
No, and I think it goes back to that, what's the role of the VAR?
The role of VAR is not to re-referee the game.
The role of the VAR is to help the referee not to make major mistakes.
So then if you cannot be certain that David Silva touched the ball, because you can watch that clip
20 times, and you're not certain that David Silva touched the ball.
Maybe it's just because he let the referee know that I touched it.
And if you watch it, maybe the way that the ball is moving, the trajectory, it changes slightly when it goes past David Silva's foot.
Now, VAR cannot be certain of that.
So if you cannot be certain, you cannot change the decision of the referee.
And I think that's where we're going to find the difficulty with BR, because that should be used, BR, throughout, in every ground of the Premier League.
And it happens in many leagues around Europe that the BR hasn't been used in the same manner.
And that's going to become a bit problematic.
But in this case, if the ball comes from Kevin De Bruyne, it's a goal.
If it's clear that David Silva touches it, then it's an offside.
And it would be great to see...
If when you broadcast in a game, you can show the images that the VAR referee sees, because so many times it happens that the broadcaster has an image and then the VAR booth have a completely different angle.
And that is very difficult for a football fan to accept the role of the VAR or the justification of a decision.