Competitions in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United States are the first to agree to the requirements drawn up by The IFAB and FIFA to participate in experiments with video assistant referees (VARs). (Image via FIFA.com)
The German Football Association and Major League Soccer each began implementing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system over the weekend so that officials on the field would have the ability to consult with officials with access to video replay regarding match-changing decisions.
In Germany’s debut of the VAR, for a key moment, a key part of the technology was temporarily unavailable during a key moment in Saturday’s DFL-Supercup final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.