Referee Massimiliano Irrati backs interviews after games “as long as they don’t spend five minutes on one incident” and expects VAR in the Champions League.
Throughout the world fans have called for officials to be interviewed as players and Coaches are, and it appears that isn’t out of the question in Serie A.
“I think that when there are conditions to do something, why not do it?” Irrati said on Radio Rai Uno.
Referee Massimiliano Irrati backs interviews after games “as long as they don’t spend five minutes on one incident” and expects VAR in the Champions League.
Throughout the world fans have called for officials to be interviewed as players and Coaches are, and it appears that isn’t out of the question in Serie A.
“I think that when there are conditions to do something, why not do it?” Irrati said on Radio Rai Uno.
“Those who know us know that we are people, and that we’re perfectly capable of conducting a problem-free interview.
“However, if an interview were to last five minutes and focus on just one incident it would become pointless.
“If it’s done in an appropriate way though then we’d could be totally open to that.”
Irrati was one of the officials helping referees with VAR ahead of the World Cup, and he now believes it could be introduced in the Champions League.
“The experience in Russia was something incredible.I lived in virtual reality for a month.
“There was a lot of tension around the World Cup and VAR, because we were used to it but the rest of the world knew nothing about the technology, so if there was an obvious error it would have been bad publicity for VAR and those of us who worked so hard on this project.
“The first time that [Roberto] Rosetti, the head of the VAR project, spoke to us about this technology it seemed inapplicable.
“Even I was very doubtful, I thought it could spoil football. I was very skeptical, but in a short time I had to change my mind.
“The actual playing time increased because the behaviour of the players improved.
“The World Cup was a turning point, we couldn’t get it wrong because that would also rule out its inclusion in the Champions League.
“However, given the compliments received from around the world, it could arrive in the Champions League soon.
“I think we’ll see it in European competition in a year at the most.”