Arsen Wenger, the director of global football development at the International Football Federation (FIFA), believes that football referees should explain their decisions publicly. According to the Frenchman, the referees should give press conferences after the matches in order to avoid disputes. At the moment, the referees do not comment on their decisions after matches.
“It will be a good way to avoid arguments and clarify before entering a public debate. But we will have to get approval from the referees and we do not know well enough in what condition they will be after the matches to be able to comment.” said Wenger.
According to him, there will be more transparency: “Personally, I am for transparency, I find this one of the ways to increase respect.”
Last week, Wenger said the next big step in refereeing would be automatic ambush, for which a new technology is being developed – ambushes should be automatically judged during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
“There is a great possibility that ambushes will be judged automatically. I think this will be the next big step in refereeing,” Wenger said in Paris.
The disputed ambushes are currently being considered by the Video Repetition System (VAR), but FIFA is developing its own technology.
In the summer, the international federation announced that the idea was to have technology similar to that of the goal line. It will save a lot of time, as well as controversial moments in the matches, interpretation of different situations. The last case was from the final in the League of Nations, when a goal by France was scored despite the position of Killian Mbape, which caused dissatisfaction in Spain.
