The VAR is here to stay a long time ago. However, this technological tool continues to have some gray areas in its implementation that do not satisfy everyone. That is why from FIFA they insist on a constant testing process to try to move forward and be able to achieve the best use of a system whose purpose is to provide greater clarity to referee decisions, even if it does not always manage to do so.
In this sense, as confirmed by a clarion Sources Fifa, it has been confirmed that the Under 20 World Cup which starts this Saturday with three matches, including the one that the Argentina national team will play from 6pm against Uzbekistan, It will also be great proof of another step forward in football technology.
It’s about communicating the decisions the Chief Referee makes after a VAR review through a microphone connected to stadium loudspeakers so that spectators in attendance can hear the determination and why.. What will not be heard publicly are the conversations that take place between the head judge and the VAR and AVAR judges.
These are tests agreed with the IFAB (International Football Association Board), the association that regulates the rules of football. This same innovation had already been tested for the first time in the past Club World Cup in Morocco.
That tournament was won by Real Madrid. Referee Ma Ning was tasked with ushering in the new version of the protocol with loudspeaker explanation, in the match between Al Ahly and Auckland City.
In the last few hours, checks have been carried out on the oratories of the Mother of Cities, where New Zealand and Guatemala will play (same group as Argentina), starting at 15:00; and then it will be the turn of the Javier Mascherano ensemble, at 18:00, on this same stage, sold out.
It was also verified in Mendoza and La Plata and the official confirmation of the headquarters in San Juan remained, where from 15:00 the United States and Ecuador will meet, while from 18:00 Fiji and Slovakia will face each other, both duels for the group b.
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Source: Clarin
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