Fulham boss Parker: Sterile VAR will DESTROY football

Football
6 Mar 2021 • 3:54 PM MYT
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Fulham boss Scott Parker says VAR will eventually DESTROY football.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the game's lawmaking body, on Friday announced that an accidental handball leading to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goalscoring opportunity will no longer be an offence from July 1.

It comes less than 24 hours after Fulham found themselves on the wrong end of that controversial section of the law when they were denied a second-half equaliser against Tottenham due to a handball ruling.

Parker, whose side lost that match 1-0, said at his press conference on Friday: "I have just heard now that IFAB have decided to change that rule, which is disappointing.

"We are looking for perfection, and I am not just talking about football but also the world we live in.

"We are trying to create a sterile, perfect-scenario game which I think ultimately is going to destroy it."