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VAR at... spreadsheets
VAR at... spreadsheets contain statistics about VAR in a certain tournament / league (from now on mentioned as 'tournament' but meaning also leagues) as well as information about every VAR review made in the tournament + a full video of each review. Lower (2nd list) you can see a list of tournaments that are already covered. But I am not going to cover any more tournaments than the ones listed there unless you will help me doing it. How to help? 1. Choose one tournament that you'll cover. Although it is recommended to cover one of the tournaments listed lower (1st list), you can cover any tournament that uses VAR in at least 1 match. Of course it can't be one of the tournaments that already are covered. 2. Fill out the contact form. Type in your email (won't be made public), choose the 'VAR at...' matters subject. In the Messages window write why you want to help and which tournament you will cover. 3. There are two types of spreadsheets: Excel spreadsheet and Google spreadsheet (see Premier League as example). After you fill out the form, in the time of one day I will send you an email containing an Excel spreadsheet and a link to a Google spreadheet. 4. Update both of the spreadsheets after each Matchweek (for leagues) or each stage (each group stage match day, ..., R16, quarterfinals, semifinals, final+3rd place match) (for tournaments). For the Google spreadsheet you just have to write in the new info and it will update itself. For the Excel spreadsheet you have to send it to me via the contact form or email. There is no time limit for when you have to update but it would be good if you updated the Google spreadsheet before each new Matchweek / stage and the Excel spreadsheet at least twice a month. One more thing. When updating spreadsheets, please add full videos of all reviews. Where to get the videos? It isn't that easy, so have a look at the 3rd drop-down list below. Huge thanks for your help! Got any questions? Then ask them!
list of recommended tournaments to cover
- Bundesliga
- La Liga
- Serie A
- Ligue 1
- Copa America
- Asian Cup
- UEFA Nations League
list of already covered tournaments
These tournaments are already covered: When the use of VAR will start in the new edition / season, these tournaments will also be covered:
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Nations League
- UEFA EURO
- FIFA World Cup
HOW TO ADD VIDEOS?
First, create a Streamable account because that'll be where you'll upload most of the videos. It's free, quick and easy. You will also have to download Bandicam to record your stream. It's also free ad very relieable. As you know, you'll almost never find ready videos of VAR reviews on the net, so you'll have to extract parts of full matches.
When you have found the full match, fast-forward to the review, put on fullscreen, turn on Bandicam screen recorder and record the screen while the review is happening. When it's over, stop recording the screen. Then go to Streamable, upload the video, caption i
Streamable videos must be named based on this formula: Name of the tournament (abreviation if possible) T | OFR/VAR-only
- eplfootballmatch.com - mostly PAccordion
remier League, also some matches from the other TOP 5 leagues - footballfullmatch.com - TOP 5 leagues, UEFA Champions League
- vk.com/onthefly_football - various national leagues, also UCL and UEL
- livetv.sx/enx/video - fantastic website for watching live matches from all over the world (not only football) but doesn't have a lot of full matches in the archive (although there are some))
When you have found the full match, fast-forward to the review, put on fullscreen, turn on Bandicam screen recorder and record the screen while the review is happening. When it's over, stop recording the screen. Then go to Streamable, upload the video, caption i
Streamable videos must be named based on this formula: Name of the tournament (abreviation if possible) T | OFR/VAR-only
- 19/20 PL | VAR-only
- AFCON 2019 | OFR | First VAR
BLOG
You are very welcome to send in fresh content for the blog but please provide a precise source of all information. Check below the list of content types. Use the contact form to provide me the content (or only suggestions, links).
list of content types that you can send in
- Translated interviews to English (most prefered)
- Referee analysis
- Match analysis
- Tournament / league analysis
- Anything other football refereeing related
QUIZES
I create quizes at learningapps.org. You are welcome to do so as well, but you'll have to register there. Quizes about refereeing in general (refereeing history, referee categories, referees of certain tournaments etc.) are prefered over LotG quizes because there are lots of them on other websites. Don't create very similar quizes to the ones that already are published. When you have created a quiz, please send the embed code via the contact form, so that I can publish it in the Quizes section.