Former Barcelona star, Arturo Vidal, has claimed that the video assistant referee was introduced to prevent teams like Real Madrid from match fixing.
Real Madrid won the Champions League three times in a row, according to Vidal, who believes that the referee was a major factor.
In 2016, 2017, and 2018, Real Madrid was crowned champion of Europe.
Even more so, Vidal thinks the officials helped Los Blancos win all three games.
Vidal explained to TNT Argentina that the VAR was implemented by FIFA to prevent referees from showing bias against particular teams.
“Real Madrid were favoured by the referee twice in their 3-peat, when they beat Bayern Munich in 2017 and 2018.
“Everyone saw it. I think that’s why they then introduced VAR, they couldn’t fix games like that anymore,” he said
