UEFA Champions League news: UEFA believes VAR has "worked perfectly" in mid-week UEFA Champions League matches

UEFA has said it is satisfied with the use of the VAR during the last round of the Champions League.

The links between Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain and Porto's visit to Rome marked the first time that the referees were armed with the new technology and that both matches were uneventful.

However, Wednesday's clash between Ajax and Real Madrid was slightly more controversial as the reigning European champions conceded a goal to their hosts, which was finally cleared with the help of VAR.

Argentine defender Nicolas Tagliafico was the first player in the history of the competition to see his goal canceled, his teammate Dusan Tadic having been judged offside.

Despite the controversial debut of the VAR program, Roberto Rosetti, the UEFA's chief referee, believes that video technology has worked well at Johan Cruijff ArenA.

"I am very happy with the way VAR has been implemented," he said.

"The technology has worked perfectly and the refereeing teams have reached a very high level, which is a testament to all the hard work we have done."

"As we had announced after the match on UEFA's social media platforms, the referee said that the Ajax player was in an offside position and that He interfered with the goalkeeper preventing him from playing or playing the ball – while the head was taken.

"This was in accordance with the VAR protocol and the goal was correctly reversed and an indirect free kick was awarded to offside."

Not only was the decision slightly debatable, but the time required to cancel the goal was also a major topic of discussion after the match.

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However, Rosetti believes that it is important to have patience so that the correct result is achieved.

"The most important thing is that the referee makes the right decision," he said. "Precision is more important than speed. Nevertheless, we want to be as efficient as possible and we will try to improve it even more in the future.

"But we have to take into account that it was a very complex situation in which the VAR had to check two possible offside situations and the referee also had to take into account the attacking player's interference. "