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45 WGM #61 2018/08 wgm8.com VAR系统并非万无一失。举个例子，英格兰的哈里• 凯恩在小组赛对阵巴拿马的比赛中，禁区内两次被对手侵 犯，但VAR并没有判罚点球。然而，VAR的整体表现在全 球还是引起了掌声，最初围绕这项技术的质疑声如今逐渐 淡去。 关于VAR的一个主要的批评，是有可能打破足球运动 自由流动的天性。和板球、网球和美式足球不同 – 这些运 动都是VAR系统广泛使用的项目 – 足球比赛时间并不会 停止。自由流动的比赛和攻防的快速转换，是这项运动在 全球如此吸引人的主要原因。这也是为什么最初人们担心 VAR会打破足球欣赏价值的道理。 2017/18赛季，VAR逐渐在全球被引入使用，欧洲主 流联赛也在广泛推广。英格兰是其中采纳VAR技术较为保 守的国家，只被选择性在部分足总杯比赛上使用。当使用 该技术的时候，表现堪称毁誉参半。 今年一月，利物浦和西布朗的足总杯比赛中，当值主 裁克雷格•鲍森多达8次主动申请VAR的协助，而其中萨拉 赫在禁区内被对手犯规的判罚中，鲍森用了超过4分钟最终 才判罚点球。两边主教练，阿兰•帕杜和尤尔根•克洛普， 都对于VAR不断打破比赛的节奏，同时让球迷、教练和球 员都感到迷茫表达了自己的不满情绪。 在比赛之后，退役裁判克里斯•福伊分享了对这个事 件的看法。“当我们观察VAR技术——该技术在美国职业 大联盟、意甲和德甲联赛中开始使用——如果主裁走到裁 判回顾区域来确定自己的判罚，这差不多需要花2分半的时 间。我认为最重要的事情是……没错，这的确花了更长的 事情，但更重要的是做出正确的判罚。我能想象随着技术 的成熟，花费时间会越来越少。4分钟的确太长了，但如我 所说平均时间差不多是2分半，而这不过是英格兰本土第 六次采用该技术，也是主裁第一次走到那个电视屏幕前观 看，所以我们不要太苛责。事情会变得更好，这不过是一 段旅程的开始，让我们看看会达到怎样的成就。” 没错，事情的确变得更好了。感谢本届世界杯，打断 Pierluigi Collina, the former legendary referee who now heads FIFA’s refereeing committee, also revealed one other impressive stat: in the group stage, referees called 95% of incidents correctly without the use of VAR. When called upon, it helped improve that success rate by more than four percent to 99.3%. The system is not entirely infallible. For example, England’s Harry Kane was fouled twice in the group game against Panama without being awarded penalties by VAR. Nevertheless, the general performance of VAR won much applause worldwide and initial skepticism around the technology is now gradually fading away. One of the key lines of criticism around VAR is the possibility of breaking the free-flowing nature of games. In contrast to cricket, tennis and NFL – sports in which video systems are used widely – the action never stops in football. Free-flowingplay andquick transition is themajor attraction of this sport globally. That’s why there were concerns that seeking help from VAR may ruin the spectacle. VAR is gradually being adopted around the world and in the 2017/2018 season was broadly introduced to most European leagues. England is one of the slower leagues on the uptake, using VAR only in some selected FA Cup matches. When it was used, its results were up and down to say the least. In the FA Cup match between Liverpool and West Brom in January, referee Craig Pawson proactively looked for help from VAR eight times and in one instance when Mohamed Salah was fouled in the box, Pawson took more than four minutes to award a penalty. Both managers, Alan Pardew and Jürgen Klopp, shared their dissatisfaction with VAR as it constantly broke up the tempo of the match while keeping the fans, coaches and players in the dark.