VAR a mess, says Ceferin

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has confessed that he isn’t a fan of VAR, calling it “a mess”.

“It is a mess. I don’t think the tolerance or one or two centimeters for offside, for example, is enough,” he told The Mirror. “We will propose a change to IFAB. And also for our referees.

“We don’t have many interventions in UEFA competitions because our chief refereeing officer, Roberto Rosetti, said to the VAR: ‘It has to be a clear and obvious mistake.’

“But nowadays it’s a different pressure. If you are the referee on the pitch, even though you have 70,000 or 80,000 people shouting it is you that has to decide -- not a person hidden somewhere in London, Berlin or somewhere else.

“I’m not a fan. I was very sceptical, and I can say that I don’t like the outcome.

“Unfortunately, there’s no way back anymore.”