I AM the Football Star-Chapter 572 - 152: A New Benchmark for Justice! The World’s First Club to Use VAR!

Can delay for a day, might as well make some extra dirty money for a day.

However, in this match, VAR actually played a role.

In the first eighty minutes of the match, Morici assisted Fernandez to score, and Lu Yang successfully intercepted the ball in the front, breaking through to score solo.

But in the last five minutes, Naji committed a handball foul in his own penalty area.

VAR completely reconstructed the foul scene, not only from more than five different angles but also a few simulated angles.

This handball was somewhat controversial because the football hit the connecting part of Naji's left shoulder and arm, and it was difficult to determine if it counted as an arm from the main referee's perspective.

At least initially, the main referee of the match did not blow the whistle.

But after the assistant video referee's reminder, the main referee went to view the small screen and confirmed it was indeed a handball.

Naji made a mark!

Not sarcasm, but seriously!

Even if others tried to commit a foul on purpose, they might not manage to commit one that requires VAR to identify.

But Naji did it effortlessly.

It must be said, Saint One Peak in their penalty area seems to have free rein, able to do anything.

Finally, Perugia's central forward made the penalty shot and scored.

But Perugia did not score further, losing three points at San Remo's home with a score of one to two.

San Remo continues to lead the Serie B points table!

However, aside from a few fans being moved by Lu Yang's fourteen league goals, most people only talked about one thing after this match—VAR!

Domestic fans were overjoyed because the owner of this technology is a domestic enterprise.

Moreover, it is said that VAR technology originated from high-level security military technology.

Of course, as it became VAR technology, it has been downgraded for civilian use and does not reveal core technology.

Even if the simulation technology is cracked, it would not affect the higher version's security safety.

Moreover, some domestic people found out the company "Tang Lu Security" supplies VAR technology to the Italian Football Association.

If nothing goes wrong, Lu Yang holds certain shares in this company.

Thus, a series of events that happened recently seemed to be connected.

After San Remo suffered from low-quality refereeing and complaints were ineffective or even resulted in additional penalties,

Brother Lu, in a fit of anger, flipped the table, promoting referee technology development, and backhand slapped UEFA and the Referee Committee.

So much so that the result of San Remo's second appeal is still pending.

If this is not changing the answer, what is it?

And foreign fans were even crazier.

Because fans of the Premier League, known for its fast pace and intense rivalry, especially liked this technology.

Over eighty percent of Premier League fans support the introduction of this technology.

With powerful stars, boastful media, highly narrative matches, an influx of Golden Yuan, and heart-pounding match intensity, if anything's imperfect, it's just the missed calls.

But now, VAR seems to fill this final gap.

Premier League strong teams hope with this technology; when they win, they can celebrate wildly.

And Premier League weak teams hope this technology will curb referees' bias towards strong teams, giving weaker teams a chance for an upset.

This mindset also reflected in the fan base of participating nations in the European Cup.

Everyone firmly believes that unfair refereeing significantly affects a team's victory.

Without it, even if losing, everyone accepts it.

Therefore, more and more fans are calling for UEFA to introduce this technology in next year's European Cup.

You tell me, how is this possible?

Not to mention whether the technology is mature, but referees would need time to adapt to it, right?

Moreover, once adapted, referees still have to find ways to continue their previous maneuvers using this technology.

This requires you to be intimately familiar with the system.

Hence, next year's European Cup absolutely cannot introduce VAR.

But say... you cannot speak so directly to the public.

If unsaid... given the current public sentiment, no statement would mean being scolded.

Martivini wants another term as the Italian Football Association's president, doesn't UEFA's current president want a re-election?

Of course, he does.

So, after multiple rounds of consultations, UEFA and the Italian Football Association finally reached an agreement, forming a tacit understanding.

Only now did some people realize why the Italian Football Association was grandly announcing that it would test VAR's effectiveness in San Remo this year and promote it in Serie A next year.

Because this way, UEFA can naturally say, "We will decide whether to introduce this technology on a large scale in UEFA competitions after top leagues like Serie A trial it." Isn't this reasonable?

This way, at least next year's European Cup can be manipulated again.

And the next European Cup, who can say what will happen then?

On the other hand, after Martivini nodded, UEFA immediately announced the result of San Remo's second appeal.

Regarding Zenit St. Petersburg's unchanged punishment, in fact, though Zenit St. Petersburg committed numerous fouls with considerable actions during the match, the players' playstyle is not problematic; the issue lies with the main referee who failed to control the situation.

And on San Remo's side, regarding Lam's punishment, it remains unchanged.