When the video assistant referee (VAR) technology was first applied in the 2018 World Cup, everyone thought that refereeing would be perfect, which did not happen, and after more than 4 years after its application, arbitration errors still exist, and some of them are disastrous.

The English Premier League is one of the clearest examples of the failure of the mouse to eliminate errors, which prompted some stars and coaches to demand its cancellation, including Wayne Rooney and others.

In the Spanish League, accusations are still pointing to the referees with courtesy of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as for some Arab countries, it has happened and there is nothing wrong with the catastrophic mistakes that are buzzing with social networking sites, whether from the arena rulers or the fugitive.

In the following lines we list the most prominent reasons that led to the attack on the mouse to this degree:

1- The mouse did not prevent arbitration errors as some believed, but also contributed to the ongoing debate and the state of discontent with the errors that take place in front of his cameras without correcting them, and even his erroneous interventions as well, which was a shock to many that turned into collective exasperation with time.

I remember that during a press interview in 2019 with Massimo Busacca, director of refereeing in the International Football Association (FIFA), I asked him what is your interpretation of the views that indicate that the level of refereeing in the World Cup in Brazil was better than Russia 2018?

Busaka (left) with Al-Jazeera journalist after the interview (Al-Jazeera)

Indeed, he said arbitration in the World Cup without the technology of video assistant referee (VAR) was wonderful, except for one or two errors, the referees' performance was very strong, and they were at the top of their technical and physical level, but in the World Cup in Russia, there could have been more errors had it not been for the mouse technology. It helped us a lot, and that is why we used it in the World Cup in Russia.

This was explained by the fact that football has changed a lot and that the players have become better physically, and thus the speed and power of matches have increased, and this did not exist years ago.

2- The many interruptions of the match - due to the review of arbitration cases on the mouse screen - hit the fans and players weary, and many of them became convinced that the mouse spoiled the fun of football, and some of them stated that.

🗣 "It was a great ball from Shaq. I want to just give him credit."

Mo Salah reflects on an important win for Liverpool at West Ham.

Watch the reaction on Sky Sports PL 📺 pic.twitter.com/lOH1IDmJam

- Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 31, 2021

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah explicitly said, "I have never liked the mouse technique, since the beginning of the season this technique has eliminated the play and the joy of football, you must be in the right position before the offside line, I think it goes better in the Champions League, and in other countries it gives space." "I'm bigger for the attackers. I don't want to be punished, but this is my opinion, I don't like the mouse."

Virgil Van Dijk vs Everton- One of the worst in my opinion.

Onside and fouled horrifically by Pickford, he wasn't even punished for taking their star man out for the season.

FT Everton 2-2 Liverpool pic.twitter.com/R3OGzAjSi8

- Ben ◕🗿 (@SfcBxn) February 7, 2021

3- The mouse’s decisions caused injustice to large teams, and some stars against whom clear mistakes were committed did not do justice to them without any decisive interference, and a striking example is the violent intervention of Everton’s goalkeeper against Virgil van Dyck, Liverpool’s defender, as that interference went unnoticed without any penalty on the goalkeeper. , And caused Van Dyck's absence since the match until now, due to a severe knee injury.

Mouse referees have the opportunity and time to see arbitration cases from several (European) angles.

4- The mouse doubled the provocation of the clubs and the masses that might have accepted the human error of the arena referee or his assistants, because their decisions were based on a momentary vision, but they did not accept the error of the mouse, who might take minutes to see the arbitration case from different angles, yet he also commits mistakes.

5- The arbitration conspiracy theory is still running even after the mouse technique, and accusations are still directed at the referees of favoring some major teams, most notably in the Spanish League, in which the referees are accused of courtesy of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The last of these allegations occurred at the end of last month after the Seville and Barcelona confrontation in the League, which ended with the last 2-0 victory, as Monchi, the sporting director of the Andalusian team, was seen watching the match from the stands and appeared angry and upset.

🎙️ Abdel Karim Al Shamali: Messi deserved to be expelled 🟥, and it is very strange for the referee to warn Lopetegui instead of Messi!

What do you think? # This evening |

# Sevilla_Barcelona |

# LaLiga pic.twitter.com/XFXY8n2EAn

- beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) February 28, 2021

The Seville club official was shouting to referee Alejandro Hernandez and asking him to give the Argentine star Lionel Messi the second yellow card in the 44th minute of the match, and thus he was expelled after the deliberate "Bulga" mistake on Frenchman Jules Conde, but the referee did not.

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