The Sport newspaper has learned that the responsible for the proper functioning of the VAR at Euro 2020 is Carlos Velasco Carballo, the president of the Spanish Technical Committee of Referees. He has been coordinating all the VAR work they are doing both before the tournament and in all the matches that have been played so far in the top continental competition since June 7.
This work is not new for Velasco Carballo since he already did it in the previous big event of national teams, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, were he also coordinated VAR, same as he did before in the U-20 World Cup, the first tournament of national teams where this technology was used for the first time, as well as in the Confederations Cup of Russia, a year before the World Cup. Velasco is the VAR coordinator at both UEFA and FIFA. In fact, Velasco Carballo was also the instructor chosen by UEFA in February 2019 for the training of VAR referees before the launch of this technology in the Champions League. In addition, the former Spanish referee is a member of the International FA Board. And now he is responsible for the use of the VAR in the European Championship where he is performing at an extraordinary level.
Source: Sport
