According to the English newspapers The Times and The Guardian At the insistence of officials, the VAR’s duties will be slightly expanded as of June 1. These extensive VAR actions should therefore already be in force during the upcoming world championship.
This should give football even fairer results. A recent example where VAR could have intervened with the new rules is last week’s Ajax-Benfica. During the Champions League match, the Portuguese were awarded a corner early on, despite the fact that an offside situation preceded it. From the corner in question, Benfica then took the lead thanks to a strike from Samuel Dahl.
As little delay as possible
The International Rules Committee (IFAB) is said to be busy ensuring that these extra VAR moments will delay the match as little as possible. This gives the VAR only a few seconds to report an obvious error to the referee.
However, these adjustments must still be approved during the annual IFAB meeting. FIFA is certainly enthusiastic about the new technological additions, such as the semi-automatic offside technology already used at the World Cup in Qatar and bodycams on referees that were officially introduced during the Club World Cup last summer.