Queiroz hits out over ‘COVAR’

Colombia coach Carlos Queiroz on Sunday likened the use of VAR technology in football to a disease and claimed it should be rebranded as 'COVAR'.

The Portuguese saw his team lose 3-0 to Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier on Friday and was angry at a series of decisions in the match.

"We are facing a disease, 'COVAR', which no one understands, neither the coaches nor the players," Queiroz said in a video conference on Sunday, in a pun linking the acronym of VAR with the Covid-19.