FIFA President Gianni Infantino
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that the video assistant referee (VAR) technology had proven “beneficial” for football and would be used at the World Cup in order to help the referees.
“For the first time in a World Cup starting tomorrow VAR… will be used by the referees. We started with tests in March two years ago… and we came to the result that it is beneficial for football and we are brave to decide that it should happen at the World Cup because we need to help the referees,” Infantino said at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow.
He added that FIFA decided to introduce VAR to help match officials avoid making mistakes.
“We cannot accept in 2018 that within a few seconds everyone… knows if the referee has committed a big mistake… And the only one who does not know if he has committed a mistake, is the referee himself… because we prohibited him from knowing it. I think the time has come to change this… And I’m sure that this will be successful for football,” the Infantino said.
Russia will host its first World Cup from June 14 to July 15, with the fixtures set to be played at 12 stadiums across 11 cities.
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