Football Video assistant referee (VAR) seems to be here to stay, at least in some parts of the world. CONCACAF (Confederation of Football Associations of North, Central America and the Caribbean) has disclosure it will use VAR to help with references in many of the 2022 competitions. You can expect this technology in all of the remaining CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Men’s and Women’s Under-20 Championships and the Championship. W.
The organization’s decision was motivated in part by VAR’s success in 2021 tournaments such as the CONCACAF Champions League, Gold Cup and Nations League Finals. The federation said progress on VAR had been delayed “significantly” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that there are now enough VAR-eligible referees and venues to expand the use of the technology.
VAR still has its critics despite receiving FIFA approval for use during the 2018 World Cup. Enthusiasts are concerned that video review requests could slow down matches and that the use of centralized review centers could be used to bias decisions. . They argue that football is inherently full of drama about tackles and highs – VAR just draws on those disputes and takes away the thrill of the game.
However, the arguments against the system seem to have lost some momentum. VAR helped reverse 17 of 20 bad calls during the 2018 World Cup, and some advocates say the review videos would uncover other mistakes if they were used more often. Like it or not, technology is more likely to be in the background of football matches than it was in the past.
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