bengaluru all india football federation aiff president kalyan chaubey acknowledged the increasing number of complaints on refereeing this season and said the federation is working hard to improve the standard of indian refereespeople want to watch a match free of human errors this season we have seen several complaints regarding the quality of refereeing the aiff jointly with fsdl football sports development limited which operates the indian super league is spending a lot to improve the standards we also have a vastly experienced englishman in charge of the referees need more timenow that we have addressed the financial issue of the referees we will also try and do everything possible to improve their quality chaubey said here when asked whether video assistant referee var would be implemented in isl from next seasonmaybe our indian referees need some more time to reach international standards thereafter they will be more confident and more errorfree chaubey addedsantosh trophy grabbed attentionchaubey said the move to conduct the semifinals and final of the nationals in riyadh paid off and it was a great experience for the youngsters to play in a worldclass venue the confidence exposure and belief gained by the players are the takeaways from this tournament we have created history with the help of the government and other stakeholders by hosting the santosh trophy in riyadh indian football was globally recognized as we presented our legacy and history to the global audience it was an experience for the semifinalists to play on the same turf where the italian super cup was held he said chaubey said keralas early exit hit the expectations of a huge turnout as these are statebased teams followers mostly come from your state kerala is a big football region and there are 25 million kerala expats in middle east but in the final karnataka supporters turned out in numbers notable among them were the fans from karnataka cultural sangha many doctors and other professionals from bengaluru mysuru and mangaluru also turned up to support their home team he saidbut if we do it conducting tournaments regularly in the gulf the word will get around and more fans from neighbouring countries will also turn up maybe we can do better with branding chaubey said