In 13 years working in the Premier League, Mark Clattenburg has been considered one of the best referees in English football.
In his playing career, he has been the main striker in the FA Cup final, Champions League final and EURO final, in addition to a series of classic matches across Europe.
Despite having made wrong and controversial decisions, it is undeniable that Mark Clattenburg's class in the land of fog.
Since VAR has been applied in professional competitions and the Premier League, criticism has been directed towards referees who tend to increase. They have been criticized for making wrong decisions.
Now, "Black shirt kings" like Clattenburg have to face another wave of outrage when they are considered to be too dependent on VAR, even after watching VAR, they still make wrong decisions.
According to Mark Clattenburg, it is almost natural that referees are the focus of criticism. Many fans watching matches consider all scandals that break out on the field to stem from the referee. Even this outrage comes from the club's leaders, not just the fans.
According to Mark Clattenburg, referees are also ordinary people, not something too too too too too too too too too high and the reality shows that they are not as protected as the players.
This "king in black" confided that almost everyone just tries to protect the image of the match, the players, the clubs, but the referee is never among them.
Clattenburg shared that sometimes the future of a referee is of no concern. Top stars in the tournament, just need a little rumor about transfers or contract issues that have been mentioned continuously by the media.
As for the referees, only when they blow the whistle are they noticed, but they must also be famous names like Clattenburg. The remaining referees may appear and disappear without anyone knowing.
When talking about VAR, the 50-year-old referee shared that this system is giving fans a more negative view of referees. Now, fans easily, even stuck a nail in their head thinking that the referees would make the wrong decision in a controversial move. After that, VAR appeared as a salvation to make everything transparent.
According to Clattenburg, he does not consider VAR a perfect technology, it is just a human tool because in the end the decision is still the referee team.
If VAR shows unreasonable camera angles leading to inaccurate referee decisions, that fault is considered to belong to completely competent and technologically-based referees.
Through these shares of Mark Clattenburg, fans can understand partly the difficulties the referees are going through. They are always the focus of criticism and have never been praised for doing their job well.
In the past, only pierluigi collina was remembered by fans as the "King of Black". The rest, once you have blown the whistle, everyone has to step back and watch.
