– I don’t think the weather will be any challenges here. If we get good pictures here, we will make good assessments. That’s what VAR instructor Jon Skjervold says by default, as news gets to participate in the “examination” of several top referees before the season kicks off. – This is the first time they see an entire match and make a full-fledged simulation of a match that they will have when the series starts, says Skjervold. The match between Kråkerøy and Sarpsborg in Sarpsborg seemed to go quite smoothly for referee Ingvild Aarland, but then the snow that had fallen over the track created a problem. TEST VIDEO REFEREEING: Top series referee Ingvild Aarland. Photo: William Jobling / news Bileta was not good enough Kråkerøy scored in the training match against Sarpsborg, but the goal was doubtful, and the VAR room had to come to the rescue. But the snow caused the technology to fail, and referee Aarland could not make an assessment as the system could not see the offside lines. – There was a lot of snow on the course. When there is snow on the track, there can be challenges with the line technology, because then the system fails to recognize the track. This means that you don’t get the chance to draw the line as you should, because they draw from the markings on the track, says Aarland. READY: The video room in Oslo has been prepared with eight stations for eight games that run in parallel. But at most there will only be five matches at the same time in the Eliteserien. Photo: William Jobling / news – That’s what happened in that situation, quite simply. Then I had to take it by eye, and then I didn’t have a good enough picture to assess whether it was offside or onside. Then I have to support the decision of the judging team, she says further. news’s football expert and Viking player Kristoffer Løkberg believes that everyone involved must be patient in order for video refereeing to work in the best possible way. – It’s probably a good thing that it happened when they were supposed to test it. Then we can hope that we avoid a similar case once it gets going, says Løkberg. What do you think about video refereeing in Norwegian football? It is here to stay. I don’t have faith in that. Do not know. Show result May have to moke parts of the track But last weekend exactly the same thing happened again. Snow stopped the opportunity to make referee decisions from the video room. Among those who may experience bad snow weather, at least on the eve of the season, are Eirik Horneland and Brann. – I’m hoping for a little snow anyway. But this will work out. We have the patience to develop the referees in this, says the Fire coach to news. Referee chief in the Norwegian Football Association Terje Hauge says that these test weekends are used to gather experience and then find solutions if problems arise. He says that they have already found a solution if the snow were to fall, for example at Alfheim in the first round of the Tromsø series. – You don’t need to remove the snow from the entire track, but we must remove the snow from the corners and points that hit the side. If it snows during football matches, we must have someone whose job it is to shovel snow away from the points, says Hauge to news. BELIEVE IN SOLUTION: Terje Hauge says they have found a solution should there be snow during an elite series match. Photo: Håkon Mannsaker / news – Do you have to stop the fight to shovel away snow? – No, it is not necessary. We must not enter the track, but someone must shovel some square meters on both sides and then we must have someone to remove the corner flag. It is done when the ball is in play elsewhere on the court. Such situations may be relevant in April in Northern Norway and again late in the autumn. We are open to having a VAR manager in each club who goes through procedures and goes through the knowledge. – Never anything fun Snøvêr when the Eliteserien kicks off in April can therefore be the case, especially in cities such as Bodø and Tromsø. The last series round is played at Aspmyra in Bodø, while Tromsø opens the season at Alfheim. – It’s a bit like it is here in Norway, it’s a winter country after all. But of course it’s never fun to find out afterwards that we should have done it differently. I think we just have to come to terms with trying to find solutions for the future on how to avoid it, says judge Aarland. The introduction of video refereeing has created divided opinions in Football-Norway, but Løkberg, for his part, is more positive about the new introduction. He is nevertheless clear about what he thinks is important: – I think that, first of all, the team must be concerned with themselves and develop themselves on the training field in order for the Eliteserien to become better. I don’t think VAR is something that makes it better, but I do believe that over time VAR helps the referees to become better and reduces the percentage of errors in the most decisive decisions over time, says Løkberg.
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