How is VAR working at Euro 2020? Premier League hopes to learn from Uefa’s masterplan
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There are some subtle differences between Euro 2020’s VAR centre in Nyon and the Premier League’s VAR hub at Stockley Park, beyond the fact that one sits on the banks of Lake Geneva and the other overlooks the M4. This process would have lasted much longer in last season’s Premier League, while gently boiling the blood of a co-commentator somewhere, and it is one of the reasons VAR has, by and large, been so smooth at Euro 2020 so far. There have been one or two frustrations with the reluctance of assistants to raise their flag even in the most obvious circumstances – Jermaine Jenas scolded them for “wasting our time” in one such instance this week – but VAR’s offside interventions from Nyon have been swift and decisive and that is largely because Uefa has a dedicated official with their eyes along the line. This one team is focused solely on delivering consistent judgements to the pitch from their two secure VAR rooms at Uefa’s headquarters, rather than the more holistic approach of most domestic leagues where referees rotate between on-field duties, their VAR hub and the role of touchline official.
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