François Letexier reveals his truths about VAR

François Letexier advocates VAR. The Breton official spoke in the columns of the Gazzetta dello Sport and campaigned for its maintenance, even though the latter is strongly contested. “For us, it’s a useful tool. Philosophically, this has not changed the way we referee, because even before the introduction of VAR, we always did our best to manage a match well and make the right decisions, but if we made a mistake on the pitch , that remained. Do you know how many bad nights I spent thinking about the bad decisions I made? I would rather the final score not be negatively affected by my mistake than to make a mistake”assured the 35-year-old referee.

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“Without VAR, errors were more frequent. Paradoxically, however, people's tolerance was higher before than today. In fact, now the tolerance is too low, almost zero, because it is believed that VAR can completely eliminate errors. Unfortunately, this is not possible.”however recognized François Letexier. A strong statement from the referee of the final of the last Euro between Spain and England.