The German Football League has issued a statement with sharp criticism of the “massive technical problems” in the Video Assistant Referee system from service provider Hawk-Eye, calling the outages “unacceptable.”
Use of the VAR system that was supposed to assist match officials on the field with game-changing decisions was either unavailable or temporarily unavailable at times during three Bundesliga matches on Saturday afternoon, according to the DFL. There was no access to the calibrated line that helps for video reviews for off-sides.
Two weeks earlier, the DFL reported technical problems that led to the temporary loss of the calibrated line during the VAR system’s debut in Germany at the DFL-Supercup final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.