Obolon CEO Oleksandr Reznichenko commented on the situation regarding the Kyiv club's refusal to use VAR.
Alexander Reznichenko"VAR serves to help referees on the field. But if the referee makes such mistakes with the help of VAR, and the clubs still pay huge amounts of money for it, then why do we need this VAR? What does it give us? I'd rather buy five drones for this money and send them to the military at the front rather than feed someone.
Let the referee of our match against Polissia watch the Kolos-Kryvbas match. There were two similar moments, even more complicated, but no penalty was awarded in either case. We believe that the referee of the match against Polissia was looking for moments to award a penalty to us.
Second question. 151 thousand for renting a VAR van. Is this for refuelling it and driving it from the centre of Kyiv to Obolon? Moreover, as representatives of other UPL clubs told me, they were purchased at the expense of the clubs. But why aren't they on the clubs' balance sheets?
The problem is that with the help of VAR, referees make inadequate decisions. The president also shares this opinion.
VAR will no longer work at our stadium! This is our official and principled position! If the club president agrees to this, we will let the VAR in. If he is appointed and he comes, then let him, I will not organise a circus. But I won't pay for him and will only let him in on the orders of the management.
We appealed to the UPL and the Arbitration Committee for clarification of the points we considered controversial, but we received no response. After that, we sent an official letter to the UAF and the UPL stating that we refuse to use VAR at Obolon Arena.
Why does VAR work and bring benefits all over the world, but not here? I think it's about the qualifications of our referees," Reznichenko told the UPL TV telegram channel.
