It will be interesting to see if there are any other changes in approach to VAR policy given Rosetti's comments (although not specifically directed at the PL) according to the DM.
Now, the Premier League has been challenged by Rosetti, the tournament's head of referees, to adopt a similar 'light-touch' approach, to avoid over analysis and unnecessary interventions.
The stats in that article give the number of reviews, but also the number of interventions, both direct and those which led to on field decisions being changed after an OFR, and which Rosetti claimed were all correct. Apparently he did concede there were 2 incidents when VAR might have intervened but didn't without specifying which. It seems the Sterling penalty v Denmark and the Jorginho YC for the foul on Grealish were judged correct.
Looking back to 2020/21 PL season, the complaints about VAR focused on marginal offside decisions despite being correct with the thin lines. Let's see if thicker lines will prove to favour the attackers even if we don't see the evidence!
The other debates were often about 'soft' penalties which VAR reviewed but invariably didn't intervene. I guess the question here is whether our referees will be more reluctant to award soft penalties and also if they will allow more contact on the field without blowing up for fouls too readily. And to be more aware of players going down too easily and feigning injury.
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