Massimiliano Allegri Quotes

If I sit here and say I don't agree with VAR, I'd be lying.

Clearly, I'm for the VAR.

I think VAR is a very healthy development within the industry.

Obviously you have to trust the VAR to make the right decision.

I have always said that I am a friend of VAR.

I'm glad to see goal-line technology working; we should have had it for years. I do believe we will soon see managers being allowed one, or two, challenges.

Goal-line technology is a good thing. The ref gets the signal and can decide based on that.

With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.

I think retrospective viewing of diving is nearly more important than some of the technology they are on about bringing in. If you do that and players get banned, it wouldn't take long before you'd cut it out.

At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology.

Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.

A video referee is useful for sure.

We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.

There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

I umpired for 25 years and can honestly say I never called one wrong in my heart.

I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

Umpiring is a tough job. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't want to be an umpire. You've got a split second to make a decision.

We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.

The feeling is that video assistant referees and technology are here to help us, especially for justice in the penalty area.

If we want football to be a sport that is no longer a sport, then use VAR on every incident. However, if we get to March, where every point becomes decisive, then games can last three or four hours.

We've all had meetings with the referees. We're all clear with how VAR works, and ultimately, you want the rules to be fair.

As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.

The VAR was introduced to reduce controversies, and instead, they have increased - possibly because we Italians like to stoke them.

We should not discuss refereeing performances but support decisions to help their work.