Vladimir Sharan: "A polygraph is too much, I'm sorry. Let's check the players and coaches as well"

Famous Ukrainian coach Volodymyr Sharan commented on the statement by UAF President Andriy Shevchenko that football referees in Ukraine will now be subjected to polygraph tests.

"Well, this is too much, forgive me. This is control. Let's check the players and team coaches as well. We will arrive three hours before the game and pass all the lie detectors.

So no, it's too rough, I think. The human factor will still be present. There will be some mistakes. You can't get away from it.

But there is a safety net of VAR. It is important that not young but more experienced referees sit there. In this regard, so that the central referee can be helped somewhere, prompted. And if an experienced referee sits on VAR and tells a young referee to go and watch the monitor, and the referee has already made a decision, then let it be. Unless he made a mistake for sure, then you need to look and make sure. There have been all sorts of cases, and I know it. Both experienced and young. And Kateryna Monzul had such an experience. But let's skip this point. I will say this: a lot depends on the people at VAR, too," NV quotes Sharan as saying.