The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has issued a statement in which it denies that a 'hidden' VOR room exists in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas to review the decisions made by the VAR team in LaLiga EA matches. Sports.

The RFEF has assured that, “in an exercise of absolute transparency”, they have shown on “many occasions”, both to professional clubs and the media, the operation of video arbitration from their headquarters.. This consists of seven closed VAR rooms, a space with five VAR stations and two additional rooms.

Additional rooms have two main functions. The first is where the technicians from the technology provider Hawk-Eye are located for the technical management of the matches, which consists of coordination with television production and other mainly computer issues.. The second, called VAR reserves, includes an extra VAR referee for each of the matches to monitor the matches or replace the starter in the event that a medical problem occurs.

This additional referee informs the Technical Committee of Referees of any technical or exceptional problem that arises in the matches, but they never have direct interaction with the VAR room except to talk to them about circumstances related to the audiovisual production.

The RFEF has insisted that this room is not a 'hidden' place, as Diario Ara has stated in a report, nor does it communicate when it “detects errors” by the technicians in the main VAR room.. The institution has stated that this space has been known by LaLiga since its creation and that additional rooms are common practice in international FIFA and UEFA competitions..

The Federation's legal services are studying taking legal measures against any accusation that threatens the integrity of the competition or the refereeing team.