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Video assistant referees will be used in the Champions League from the 2019-20 season, Uefa has announced.
VAR will also be used in the 2019 Super Cup and at Euro 2020, as well as in the Europa League from 2020-21 and the 2021 Nations League finals.
The system – used widely at the 2018 World Cup in Russia – allows referees to review footage of key decisions.
President Aleksander Ceferin said Uefa was “confident” it would have time “to put in place a robust system”.
He added it would also provide sufficient time to train match officials to ensure an “efficient and successful implementation of VAR” in “the world’s flagship club competition”. Read more