AFCON 2019: VAR to be used in quarter-finals (Punch)
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MUN64-200. MOSCÚ (RUSIA), 15/07/2018.- El árbitro argentino Néstor Pitana consulta el VAR antes de conceder un penalti a favor de Francia, durante el partido Francia-Croacia, final del Mundial de Fútbol de Rusia 2018, en el Estadio Luzhnikí de Moscú, Rusia, hoy 15 de julio de 2018. EFE/Lavandeira jr [ATENCIÓN EDITORES: Sólo Uso editorial. Prohibido su uso en referencia con entidad comercial alguna. Prohibido su uso en alertas, descargas o mensajería multimedia en móviles. Las imágenes deberán aparecer como fotografías congeladas y no podrán emular la acción del juego mediante secuencias o fotomontajes. Ninguna imagen publicada podrá ser alterada, mediante texto o imagen superpuesta, en el caso de que (a) intencionalmente oculte o elimine el logotipo de un patrocinador o (b) añada y/o cubra la identificación comercial de terceras partes que no esté oficialmente asociada con la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.]
The Video Assistant Referee system will be introduced from the quarter-final stage of the Africa Cup of Nations, increasing the possibility of drama in a tournament traditionally filled with refereeing controversy but this year rather muted.
It was originally planned to use VAR from the semi-final stage but it will now be brought in from the last eight games.
Several marginally offside calls and an erroneous handball decision, which Ghana felt might have contributed to their early exit from the tournament, have been the extent of controversy in Egypt this year in a triumph for the battered reputation of African referees.
VAR has not been extensively used on the continent but it has produced situations which have tarnished the game’s image and been part of the administrative malaise that caused FIFA to step in and take over the running of the Confederation of African Football from next month. Read more
