VAR Is Bad For The Beautiful Game – Jose Mourinho

Tottenham’s coach, Jose Mourinho has stated that VAR is bad for the “beautiful game” after watching Tottenham lose at Sheffield United on Thursday.

Based on his belief, “the referee should be the man on the pitch”.

Spurs suffered their 11th defeat of the season at Bramall Lane.

Berge opened the scoring on the half-hour mark, but Harry Kane appeared to hit an equaliser two minutes later after a dizzying run from Lucas Moura.

Tottenham’s joy was short-lived, however, as a VAR review ruled that Moura handled the ball as he went down under a challenge just outside the box.

Referee Michael Oliver chalked Kane’s goal off, and although he found the net again late on, it was the Blades who earned all three points after an impressive second-half performance.

Mourinho questioned the way video technology is used, insisting the removal of human error is having a detrimental effect on the game.

Speaking to reporters, the Spurs boss said:

“I think I cannot say what I feel. It’s not the referee anymore. The man on the pitch is the assistant referee, The man and lady with the flags are now the assistants of the assistant referees.

“The referee should be the man on the pitch. We are going into a direction which is really bad for a game that is a beautiful game.”

When being asked on how he will motivate his squad for their remaining six fixtures after such a damaging setback, Mourinho responded:

“It’s very easy to motivate myself because it’s my nature. I think the motivation should be self-motivation that is directly related to professionalism.

“If these boys don’t care about results and the position we finish in at the end of the season then we will be in big trouble in the future.” Follow us on Instagram @sofovilla | Follow us on Twitter @sofovilla | Like our page on Facebook via @sofovillamedia