US sport is a role model: will Bundesliga coaches in future have the opportunity to appeal referee decisions using the video assistant?
The head of innovation and VAR boss of the DFB, Jochen Drees, the one on Sunday in STAHLWERK double pass switched onat least does not categorically reject the idea.
“I’m always open to discussions about improvements and developments in the field of video assistants,” said the former Bundesliga referee Dpa. (NEWS: All current information about the Bundesliga)
However, Drees also points out: “But we are also bound by what FIFA tells us. The introduction of a challenge option is currently not being pursued there.”
Objection like in the NFL, NBA or NHL?
An objection, known in US sports as a “challenge”, is used in leagues such as the NFL (football), the NBA (basketball) and the NHL (ice hockey) – each in its own form. (DATA: Bundesliga results and schedule)
Could a comparable duel also be enforced in football?
“We have to admit that we don’t have much experience with this specific topic,” said Drees: “And I also think it’s imperative that the processes of such an innovation first have to be thought through to the end.”
For example, you have to ask what happens if a coach is wrong with his objection. Drees on a possible approach: “Does he then lose a right to a substitution?” (OVERVIEW: The fixed transfers of all Bundesliga clubs)
In addition, it would have to be prevented that the coaches use their right of objection as a tactical means, for example to interrupt the flow of the game or to give their players a break.
