Pascal Garibian, technical director of refereeing, admitted on Wednesday October 20 at the microphone of RMC an arbitration error during the PSG-Angers match, which was held on Friday, October 15. This match, in opening of the 10th day, had ended with a new controversy about the VAR. SCO Angers had indeed complained about the penalty awarded to the Parisians, after an involuntary hand from Pierrick Capelle in the area. VShe penalty awarded at the end of the game allowed PSG to win.
Five days later, so it’s Pascal Garibian, technical director of refereeing, who put the subject back on the table by acknowledging a refereeing error. “Our goal is for the referees to make as many good decisions as possible. Factually, we are at – 20% errors and 75% of erroneous errors have been corrected, that is to say as many less controversies. On PSG-Angers , this is a mistake on our part. There is no ambiguity. We have nothing to hide, we share with the clubs, including on situations on which we were wrong. I had the opportunity to interact with the SCO the next day “, he explained to RMC’s microphone.
Pascal Garibian, DTN of French arbitration: “Factually, we are at -20% errors and 75% of erroneous decisions have been corrected. But during PSG-Angers, it is a mistake on our part. ‘there is no ambiguity. ” #RMCLive pic.twitter.com/EqlcpaBzXl
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Pascal Garibian also wanted to explain behind the scenes of this decision. “The video assistant, and he is the first unhappy one, was embarked in a tunnel effect. He considered that the hand was punishable, based on the APP (the Attacking possession phase), which consists of studying the entire start of the action. He analyzed Mbappé’s offside potential but did not return to the start “, did he declare.
Nevertheless, Pascal Garibian insisted on defending the referee, despite this bad decision. “Everything is not perfect but our referees are competent, they make fewer errors. It is undeniable, the video assistance meets the expectations but we still have to work on the image of the other championships. The video, it is. is a success “, he clarified.
Since the resumption of the season, the VAR has been called into question several times, and controversies surrounding its use have been numerous. The subject is particularly at the heart of the Arbitration Days which opened on Wednesday October 20 for 10 days. Football would also think about opening the microphones of the referees while using the VAR, as is already done in rugby for example, in order to limit tensions and misunderstandings among players and the public.