VAR has already been used in Serie A this season, but has now been approved for wider use by the International Football Association Board.
The Ifab held a summit today to debate the new Video Assistant Referee technology and passed it unanimously, meaning the laws of the game can be amended.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is pushing for VAR to be used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia this summer.
According to the Ifab protocols, VAR should only be used on incidents of goals, penalties, straight red cards and cases of mistaken identity.
VAR has already been used in Serie A this season, but has now been approved for wider use by the International Football Association Board.
The Ifab held a summit today to debate the new Video Assistant Referee technology and passed it unanimously, meaning the laws of the game can be amended.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is pushing for VAR to be used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia this summer.
According to the Ifab protocols, VAR should only be used on incidents of goals, penalties, straight red cards and cases of mistaken identity.
There is a referee in the booth with access to a video monitor in constant communication with the official on the pitch.
Often, decisions in Serie A are made with the ‘silent check’ – so there is no need for the match official to view the footage again himself.
This is particularly true of offsides, where lines show an empirical yes or no answer to a player’s position.
The VAR official in the booth can alert the referee if there is a “clear and obvious” mistake, but this has so far allowed very debatable decisions to go ahead without the ref taking another chance to view incidents.