From the Mou case to Rabiot, the problem is never the technology, but the man – Corriere.it

Technology must be governed by man. If the opposite happens, if the former prevails over the latter, it is easy to go into a spin. It is never the fault of the computer, of the machine, let’s face it Varbut of the man disguised as a referee who gets confused, who prefers more comfortable but wrong positions, dangerous shortcuts, who experiences professional, even existential uncertainties (am I going or not going to review the action?, I listen to my colleague who maneuvers images and with the television ruler, does the automatic offside measure centimeters?) generating controversy and anger.

It was enough to listen to Stankovic, after the Juve-Samp match, when he spoke of that touch of the arm by Rabiot which facilitated the control and the goal of the Frenchman, even he not so convinced of his action. The Sampdoria technician was so composed in his explanation, Mourinho was so mad in his arbitration protests, often a poisoner of football wells, even if in the bad story with Serra, the fourth man of Cremonese-Roma, the Portuguese poet seemed to be on the right side, instead the judge sporting first and then the court of appeals sent him to punishment for two days: for the judges the referee on the sidelines did not have a long or offensive tongue. Doubt, arbitration uncertainty reign supreme, despite the Var which was also supposed to calm spirits. To fuel the confusion there would be the offensive carried out by former players, big names, commentators, who would welcome their commitment alongside the referees: the Var room should expand, have the comfort of their eye and perhaps contemplate some salary . You know, they played, they know a lot, they understand immediately if an arm or a hand has slyly touched that ball.