Angel Maria Villar, who was president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), reviewed the current situation of the Spanish football scene, emphasizing the most typical aspects of the RFEF. Among many other topics, the VAR implementation was one of those who created the most discussion in an interview that the Basque granted to ‘Radio Marca’, where he stated that “VAR doesn’t solve all problems“.
“I like it in partalthough I also think doesn’t solve all problems. Of course it has elements that are positive, but the controversy continues. The controversy has not been removed from the arbitration world, but it has been reduced,” said the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, sowing doubts in the Spanish video arbitration.
Another topic that villar discussed in the interview was the reference to the climate of tension that is being lived in Spanish football: “It is unpresentable that the president of the committee and the referees are threatened. Everyone has to defend them. The world of football projects great values. cannot be repeated the facts of the Cup in Seville. can’t be what It happened with the Atlético de Madrid bus“, he sentenced.
Precisely, the incident with the bus Atletico Madrid occurred in the crash Copa del Rey, a competition to which he also referred villar: “In my stage we had rounds to one game and we had to change it because there was manifestation of the great. The Cup to a match she is pretty, but also has its drawbacks. It is clear that whoever plays outside does so unequally“, he claimed.
Finally, the man from Bilbao gave his opinion in relation to his successor, Luis Rubiales: “Being president of the RFEF it’s very complicated. Sometimes he wants to compare, or he himself wants to compare now with the past, but I don’t think it’s necessary to do so. He is now the president of the RFEF, it is very complicated and he is doing very well. he’s doing better than me. I want him to achieve positive goals.”