{"id":135,"date":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/uefa-pushes-var-early-for-champions-league-2018-19\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","slug":"uefa-pushes-var-early-for-champions-league-2018-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/uefa-pushes-var-early-for-champions-league-2018-19\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA PUSHES VAR EARLY FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Menmuir<\/p>\n<p>UEFA executives have announced that the governing body of European football will introduce<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2018Video Assistant Referees \u2013 VAR\u2019<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>technology for its flagship\u00a0<strong>UEFA Champions League<\/strong>\u00a0competition, beginning at the round-of-16 knockout stages from 16 February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA President\u00a0<strong>Aleksander Ceferin<\/strong>\u00a0confirmed the mandatory VAR Champions League enforcement at yesterday\u2019s\u00a0<em>\u2018special meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee\u2019<\/em>\u00a0hosted in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Governing European football competitions, UEFA\u2019s executive had stated last September that it would introduce mandatory VAR for its Champions League match-days, starting season 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, having reviewed proposals, Ceferin and UEFA officials have decided to push early with VAR, stating that the controversial technology\u2019s capacities proven during World Cup Russia 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to use VAR earlier than initially planned and we are convinced that it will be beneficial for our competitions as it will provide valuable help to match officials and will reduce incorrect decisions.\u201d Ceferin detailed in a statement to media.<\/p>\n<p>Fully utilised during Russia 2018, VAR disrupted many match-day dynamics for football\u2019s most prestigious tournament, with bookmaker markets having to adjust to video replay time-delays, goals allowed\/nullified and retrospective red-cards for off the ball incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, VAR saw the number of penalty kicks awarded reach a record 29 figure (22 scored) with various bookmakers capping penalty markets.<\/p>\n<p>Remaining a controversial topic, critics of VAR state that the technology introduced during a nascent phase for referees, who despite FIFA workshops needed time to adjust and learn how to implement VAR decisions in live match environments.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply for critics\u2019 VAR; the technology had failed in its mission statement to end football controversies and bad decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"2340\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Menmuir UEFA executives have announced that the governing body of European football will introduce\u00a0\u2018Video Assistant Referees \u2013 VAR\u2019\u00a0technology for its flagship\u00a0UEFA Champions League\u00a0competition, beginning at the round-of-16 knockout stages from 16 February 2019. 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