What impact will the emergence of VAR technology have on football matches?

In fact, watching games in the past two years, I have noticed a phenomenon, that is, the emergence of VAR technology has had a profound impact on football techniques and tactics, and has also changed the styles of many teams.

For example, Manchester City's Guardiola has changed his coaching style in the past two years. It used to be about possession of the ball. They liked to press high, press forward, and pass and penetrate. In the past two years, the team has gradually become more pragmatic and began to be able to ignore the ball possession rate, recycle defense, and develop counterattack routines.

This was rarely seen in the past.

There are reasons why Rodri was seriously injured and reimbursed, and there are also reasons why there are too many new players joining the team and they need to be adjusted. Of course, there is no denying that the emergence of VAR technology has allowed Guardiola to adjust his tactical arrangements.

Why do you say that?

Because VAR divides the "details" on the football field, it will also allow people to take advantage of loopholes and make profits from it.

I don’t know if you have noticed a phenomenon, that is, defensive players now like to retreat, and then put their hands behind their backs to try not to expose their arms.

How did this phenomenon form?

When VAR technology began to be used, many offensive players knew that there was a VAR review, so they would deliberately kick the opponent's hand and arm when passing the ball, deliberately creating a "handball foul" phenomenon.

Many teams suffered a hidden loss. They didn't pay attention at first, and the opponent's player passed the ball and hit their hands. The ball was too fast and they couldn't avoid it. Then the opponent's offensive players began to reason with the referee, expressing that the opponent had a handball. It depends on the replay.

When encountering this kind of thing, the defensive player is also "dumb and can't tell the story of the pain". I didn't mean it. The opponent's pass was deliberately passed to my arm. The ball was so fast, how could I avoid it?

This kind of thing happened one after another. Later, every team was afraid. Defensive players were afraid of handball and began to put their hands behind their backs to avoid penalty kicks for handball fouls in the penalty area.

Of course, FIFA is not saying that it has not seen this kind of thing. Later, it also revised the rules. Regarding "the extension of the athlete's arm" and whether a penalty kick needs to be awarded, the laws of kinematics must be followed.

If it is a handball that someone cannot dodge or is trying to protect his balance, the referee will decide whether to award a penalty kick based on the situation on the scene. The kind that opens up and deliberately blocks the football line will be called.

But no matter how you judge it, the emergence of this VAR technology has more or less changed the defensive habits of many teams today. More stringent requirements have been put forward on how players deploy their defenses and how to assist in defense.

In addition to handball in the penalty area, another situation has also changed, that is, offside.

Nowadays, offside penalties can be accurate to the point of VAR, and whether there is offside or not is often reviewed. This has also led to considerable changes in the team's defense.

For example, some teams will press very high, like Barcelona's Flick. The defenders are almost in the middle circle, just to create offside and make the opponent's offensive players fall into the offside trap.

It turns out that players like Inzaghi who run without the ball and wander on the edge of the offside line will become less and less in the future.

Now a hair or a finger can be clearly caught by VAR. It is not easy to break this offside trap.

In order to deal with the opponent's situation, how should the attacker break the situation? Some started to think of some solutions.

The ball is played from the backcourt. The offensive side should try to compress as much as possible and let you press forward to press. When your players press, the defensive players will pass the ball from the backcourt to the forward. The forward line should be parallel to the opponent's back line. Then start again and use the gap in your ribs to hit behind you.

In Bruges' 3:3 draw with Barcelona, ​​this was taken advantage of by many counterattacks. The counterattacks were smooth and silky, causing Barcelona to suffer a lot.

Look at this position, how empty Barcelona’s backside is. The opponent plays the ball in the backcourt and directly passes through your back. After three passes and two passes, it comes to your penalty area, making you hard to defend.

This is the impact of the emergence of VAR technology.

More and more teams are pressing high, and many teams have strategies to deal with it. They use counterattacks to create a threat to your goal, and use the two flanks to create chaos in your defense.

Tactics such as attacking midfielders, wingers cutting in, and full-backs cutting in, are gradually being mastered by various teams.

This is already part of the tactical settings of many teams.

Having said that, the emergence of VAR technology has also allowed high center forwards to regain favor. In recent years, high center forwards have become popular in football, and many wealthy teams have them.

When playing football, everyone will make 45-degree crosses and low crosses at any time to header the ball for the high forward.

Some teams are very defensive and cannot break the game, and cannot pass and cut. At this time, high-altitude balls and headers have become secret weapons to break the game. Once the opponent's air defense is weak, it has become a means for each team to make more use of set pieces to score.

If you can't open it under your feet, it will hit you directly from the air. Combat on the ground and in the air will make you unable to defend.

Regarding the emergence of VAR technology, what impact has it had on football matches? This really cannot be said in one or two days. If I were serious about writing, I would probably not be able to finish a paper of tens of thousands of words. There is still a lot to discuss.

Technology changes destiny, and the same technology has also brought about earth-shaking changes in football, and its impact has slowly emerged.

In another five or ten years, we will see the technical and tactical development of football, and football will usher in a new round of tactical revolution.