“What do I think of the Var? I don't like it, he's making a disproportionate use of it. I start from the assumption that the referees need to be freed from the monster, in order to be able to evaluate their skill they need to take responsibility, but it doesn't mean that every contact is a penalty. He is making a disproportionate and wrong use of it ”. Interviewed by Sky, Gianluigi Buffon doesn't hold back and vents against the use being made of video technology for referees.
“So it feels like playing water polo, it's something very bad. Initially it was said that it should only be used for striking cases and this may be the right use – continues Buffon in his outburst -. I say this as the goalkeeper of a team that attacks and wins, thus shooting me in the foot alone: this way it's no longer football, it becomes a laboratory ball. So we don't even know the value of a referee. We must live with more humanity in all situations. With the advent of the Var, we get to have 60 penalties in the championship”.
