Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says VAR is killing the emotion in football.
Conte remains angry after being denied a winner against Champions League opponents Sporting CP.
He said today: "Honestly I think VAR is a great help for the referee to make the best decision. I think this because when we started to use the VAR in Italy, we were really sure. In every situation and also on the bench you were calm, relaxed because you know that people see the video and to see it again, to have the right time to check many times the situation.
"For us I was really happy because I said in a positive-negative situation, the most important thing is there is honesty in the decision and to make the best decision. But it started after six months and then the situation started to change because in the VAR they started to give different interpretation. Now you don't know what happened. Now you don't know what happened.
"What happened in the last game was incredible, incredible. You score, you are already qualified for the next round, you are celebrating and then you invent to stay for five minutes to look at the situation with VAR and you take the decision and you don't know if its right or wrong. This is not football in this way also because you cut the emotion, the emotion of everybody and especially the players because you don't know. You score a goal and you don't know what happen later. Did someone invite a foul one minute before? Or discover a foul one minute before and then they go to disallow this. It happened this. It happen but it only happened when they want to happen. This is the difference.
"For this reason I continue to tell it has to be the right interpretation, the right interpretation for everybody and not different interpretation and VAR otherwise it is damage. The VAR becomes damaged in this way. This is not the first time but I repeat it is okay, they create the problem in this way and they have to improve a lot. But when I stay at home and I see the image, I am watching another game and I see the image, the VAR, then for me it is easy to take the best decision. Instead then you see for example they take the opposite decision. Oh, I don't know football or maybe who stays in the VAR, they are seeing another image."
