Corinthians' Director of Football attempted to storm into VAR room after Gremio match | OneFootball

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VAR has been a topic of conversation seemingly all season long after several high-profile mistakes have led to many questioning the system's efficiency and effectiveness. Errors against the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal have resulted in Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta, along with many of the stars within football, publically criticising VAR and the officials that are manning it.

That's in England and the Premier League anyway, with many accusing the standard of refereeing in the top flight of English football to be some of the worst in the world. It turns out, though, that England isn't the only country where football personnel are lashing out against VAR, and it might actually be much worse in Brazil.

After speaking out against VAR in press conferences, Klopp and Arteta have been slammed online, but one thing is for sure, at least they aren't caught on camera visibly trying to storm into the VAR room after a game.

Corinthians' director of football was caught on camera trying to storm into VAR room

As far as shocking reactions go, this could be number one. After feeling like his side were on the wrong side of several VAR calls during their match against Gremio, Corinthian's director of football, Alessandro Nunes, was caught on camera rushing through the stadium and trying to storm into the VAR room. If it wasn't for security manning the door, there's a strong chance he'd have gotten in as well.

He was clearly frustrated as he burst down the corridor and tried to push aggressively past the security. He then turned his attention to whoever was filming his actions and it resulted in the person behind the camera being accosted. You've got to imagine these sorts of actions, especially from a club's director of football, a quite prestigious position, will lead to a pretty severe punishment.

Corinthians beat Gremio 1-0

Usually, an outburst against VAR comes after a team is done wrong by the system, and it results in them taking a loss. Nunes' actions would still be quite appalling if that was the case, but the absurd thing is the fact that Corinthians actually won the game 1-0.

That's right, they were the victors in the contest, so it's not as though the decisions actually cost them much anyway. Still, Nunes wasn't happy with the calls that were made throughout the contest, including a red card for Corinthians man, Bruno Mendez, and felt he had to get down there and get into the VAR room. God only knows what his intentions were if he actually managed to get through the door.

It's hard to imagine anyone in the Premier League actually doing something like this, so the next time a manager goes on a rant about the system and so many judge them harshly on social media as a result, maybe we should remember that they could be reacting in a much worse way. It's comforting to know that the Premier League isn't the only top-flight that's clearly quite dissatisfied with VAR and how it's being conducted, though.