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“Oh hell, we were wrong!”, these were the words of Darren England, the operator of the VAR system in the Tottenham-Liverpool match, who realized the mistake made late.

Although the video images showed that Luis Diaz was in a regular position, the referee’s offside decision stood and the match continued. A terrible mistake in the strongest championship in the world, which put the technology in the center of criticism.

In addition to the accusations, in England they have started to demand the removal of the technology, which was supposed to resolve all suspicious cases during the matches, but in fact it is recording gross errors, for episodes which can be understood by the naked eye.

The British Referees Committee published the conversation between the VAR system referees and the operators. There is a marked lack of communication and concentration.

When Tottenham’s 2-1 win was tied at goalless level, Liverpool scored but referee Simon Hooper awarded offside after the assistant signaled.

Darren England on VAR announced that the check was over, as it is after every goal, and play continued. However, the images were clear, Diaz’s goal was neat and this was easily seen by the use of 2-dimensional lines on the pitch.

Here the problem took on even greater proportions, because Dan Cook, the replay operator, informed England about the blunder. “Wait, there was an offside position on the field. Is it okay? We were wrong”, were his words.

As the game continued, the fact that the goal was legal was not communicated to either the referees or the fourth official.

VAR and the assistant tried to figure out if they could stop the match, to make up for the error, but England said: “There’s nothing more we can do.” A huge blunder, which put the Premier League in the spotlight around the world.

UEFA now thinks about its Super League. The new format will be implemented from 2027 and foresees the “disappearance” of the current Champions. It is not about that project drawn up by the “rebels” Laporta, Perez and Agnelli, but about a competition sponsored by UEFA.

The sensational hypothesis was put forward today, in Spain, by “El Pais”, which writes that Ceferin is considering canceling the current format of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League for a completely new organization.

Instead, a type of European championship with three divisions, with promotion and relegation, would be played. The name of the first division can be the much-discussed one: Superliga.But how would the UEFA Super League work? As mentioned, it would be a sort of 18-team championship with only two relegations each season.

The new format, which would replace the Champions League, would however only start in 2027.

The Europa League and Conference League would retain their current names, but would be transformed into two more groups of 18 teams each.

In this case, there would be four relegations and ascents to the second and third categories of the new European “championship”. While only two teams would climb from the Europa League to the Super League.

The eligibility criteria for the UEFA Super League and the other two divisions are not yet clear.

In this sense, the next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee, scheduled for the end of October, could reveal new details.

Now everything is ready. Very soon the world will have the opportunity to see the most important confrontation in boxing that will determine the absolute champion for heavyweights.

The parties have agreed and so Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will fight on December 23 in Saudi Arabia.

The confrontation between the “gipsy king” and the 36-year-old Ukrainian will take place in Riyadh, as it is expected to be a very hard-fought battle.

The parties were previously in talks for a confrontation between them, which according to the media is considered the biggest ever in the history of boxing.

Genoa has dealt a heavy blow to Rome as it has defeated it with a deep score of 4-1. Mourinho is known as a careful coach who plays with even the smallest detail, but this does not seem to be happening with Roma, as the team is slipping out of his hands.

The home side took an early lead through Gudmundsson, while Cristante equalized to set up the idea of ​​an easy turnaround, at least after that 7-0 win over Empoli two weeks ago. However, Genoa managed to score 3 more times, sealing the score at 4-1.

In the first 6 weeks, Mourinho’s Rome has managed to collect only 5 points and holds the 16th place in the ranking.

The sixth week of La Liga for this football season has ended with a spectacular reversal of Barcelona from 0-2 to 3-2 against Rafa Benitez’s Celta Vigo.

It was Lewandowski who was the hero for the Blaugrana who broke the deadlock by scoring twice in the 81st and 86th minutes, while Cancelo sealed the crazy victory three minutes later.

Xavi used the Felix-Lewandowski-Torres trio to continue the positive streak. After a lackluster start, the friendly side took the lead through Strand Larsen, who found the back of the net past Ter Stegen in the 19th minute.

Barcelona lost their balance and the visitors doubled their lead, with Iago Aspas providing an assist for Douvikas, who scored with a left foot to make it 0-2.

The Blaugrana woke up only in the last 10 minutes of the challenge. Joao Felix first perfectly found Lewandowski, who unleashed an acrobatic shot for the first goal.

Desperate Celta don’t even know where the Pole’s second goal came from, with the number 9 making no mistake with his right foot after Cancelo’s assist.

Three minutes later, Gavi created a ball from midfield for the Portuguese, who gave life to the crazy reversal of the Catalans in just eight minutes.

The Catalans are now temporarily at the top of La Liga with 16 points, along with Girona, who recorded a big win over Vedat Muric’s Mallorca.