this is great. It makes its harder to buy off a ref

I rather wait a little bit than having a bad call called on my team

Neymar isnt happy with this

We need to sue FIFA for not using VAR fairly .

I hope the time taken for a decision to be made by the VAR is added later on in the game.

Finally. It was about time to introduce VAR.

As long as the system is used at referee's discretion, it's useless. Case in point in Switzerland - Serbia match a blatant foul on a Serbian player was not called a penalty because the referee refused to review it. On the other hand, a much less serious incident resulted in a penalty in Argentina - Nigeria match. This makes the system actually even worse than not having it. At least before I could say to myself: "The referee must not have seen what happened... he missed it." Now, it seems they deliberately refuse to look at the replay. For the system to really work, coaches should be able to challenge the referee's call just like in other sports. Perhaps they only have 1 or 2 challenges per half but the bottom line is that the coach should be able to FORCE the referee to review the play. Then and only then the system will be legit...

VAR is not available in Morocco. "Really FIFA?"

Good addition to the World Cup

Yes, It may slow down the game but it also makes the game fair and transparent for everyone.

Next trend: VAR is here to enforce Fairplay, but is it being used fairly?

I think if FIFA invented this VAR thing, it should be used in all situations, not just in cases where ref wants to cus sometimes when he thinks he's right but he's actually wrong and without using VAR, there won't be fair in the game

Legend says Sergio Ramos is not happy with this addition 😂

Great implementation.

Corruption : a system explained

Cricket implemented such system 20 years ago.... glad to see Footabll catching up to the fair game play tactics.

oh if this waas in Korea 2002....

Better than getting away with an undeserved win VAR for life !😁

FIFA has adopted much like features of DRS and TV review in Cricket, good to see the technology coming in which was very much needed in the fairness of the game in these high intense games, Right move to avoid and detect cheats and exaggerations. Always felt sorry for the Team or player when they are denied for their rights. Specialy penalties.

This system is good but the referees handling it are bad, Just look at Sweden vs Germany where Sweden should've won with 2-1 but instead a penalty were dismissed for some reason when it was so easy to see

I still Remember Lampard disallowed goal against Germany. If Var existed it would be a differrent story .

About time! The cricket world has been doing this for decades!

VAR, only for the chosen ones

The entire VAR team was obviously on coffee break when Serbia was playing against Switzerland. THANK YOU VAR for costing Serbia their chance to go the next round. GREAT JOB!

They should add VAR in the champions league too.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE "THE WORLD CUP 2018"🌍⚽⚽🏅🏅🏆🏆

Best technology ever used in football history...

0:20 when he realises he is been watched in all over the world

Now, justice would be done with all the players who believe in Fairplay.

I feel like im the only person that has no problem with VAR.

I think it needs to be like coach’s challenge in the NFL. Instead of just certain situations where it’s used, a manager can throw a challenge flag. 2 times maximum for every half.

Wow, this is a very complex system. Congrats!

we need the VAR in UEFA european cups

Don't screw this up Fifa! Have a nice day.

Its great move by FIFA and now we see the judges is really correct 👍 keep developing 👍👍

Most of the problems so far could be solved by putting a challenge system in place. Each team has say two challenges they can make (the NFL does it by having the coach throw a flag on the field) and if they get those challenges wrong they lose the right to make any further challenges. It would eliminate players calling for VAR constantly throughout the game and it would take away the complaints (e.g. by England) that VAR wasn't used when it should have been. At present what we're effectively getting are teams being entitled to make limitless challenges by surrounding the referee making TV signs every time someone falls over in the penalty area.

Thank god ,finally football accept technology

Great! I was sooo tired of that Hollywood style acting and Oscar performances on the field! Hopefully this will change things for the better!

Thanks a lot for the info!

I wish they would explain for Qatar 2022 how they’re doing the VAR for offsides because it looks very shady

it may "kill the rythm of the game" but the VAR is needed.I don't want to see my team playing with 100% rythm and having a good game and losing because of referee fault (Bayern Vs Real - I still remember that)

I am glad VAR is introduced. Even though it will affect game viewing adrenaline a bit, buy the decisions would be fair. Thank you FIFA

Does VAR controlls outlines too if the ball is in outline but a goal still happens??

Nicely explained ... and how it failed in Serbia - Switzerland and Sweden - Germany games ...

They forgot to specify that this technology is only available for big teams, morocco for ex isn't concerned ... What a shame !!!

I hope the system doesn't fail like it mostly did in our (Belgian) league this year. It wasn't worse by any means but basically nothing changed compared to normal referee matches, we still had clear penalties not given and vice versa and we even had offside goals that weren't corrected! The system wasn't on point with camera footage and not all referees seemed to understand the rules very much. I hope for this WC that the VAR is well prepared!

it's so good that this exists

Not working with Moroccan Penalties vs Portugal & and Spain also against the Spain when the Ball was out on seconde Goal of Spain on FIFA European Cup 2018 , that's how can FIFA use the VAR against some teams .

Good decision

That worked brilliantly yesterday for the game between Tunisia and England, i didnt realise we were playing a game of Rugby!

The beautiful game is evolving with advancements in technology and the use of data that would otherwise be redundant to make informed decisions.

شكراً يالڤار👍🏻💙

For sure, now Real Madrid won't win the FIFA World Cup.

So how exactly did Tunisia get a penalty when they were using this...? And how didn’t England get 2 penalties for the fouls on Harry Kane during corners...??

Absolutely perfect. This is really fair.

FIFA, along with Referee's own choice/discretion, if possible, add upto 2 or 3 Reviews each team's captain can explicitly ask for a VAR-check in one match, which the Referee has to comply and check properly with VAR.

Nice I think we need VAR, but bad thing is that VAR is taking a bit of long time to process.

VAR is great for the future but it still needs to improve at the moment.

Var it’s not available for all the countries , yes its only for the European teams,

Technology has infiltrated deeper into sports

Cr7 no penalty , no party 😂😂😭

This needs too be in the champions league so real madrid cant cheat and buy ref’s so much

We all know that this not perfect at the moment, but it was a much needed addition. At least no more obvious blunders or clear fouls goes unnoticed!

VAR technology arrived in Algeria and the first experiment on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Stadium of 5 July 1962 by: MC Alger - USM Bel-Abbes

This is a GREAT improvement for the World Cup!

Very similar to Third Umpire replay of Cricket!

Man City : *getting a axe*

Nice job var, Perisic natural arm movement + ball movement = Croatia lost the final Everyone's talking about Serbia VS Switzerland, I'll have to watch that one

"I HATE VAR" *Team goes down in the final 0-1 to Offside goal that spawned off a free kick that wasn't a foul or a Red card* "OMG FOOTBALL IS SO UNFAIR" *Kills himself* *VAR is used and the goal is annulled* This is so sad can we please implement VAR?

why is this only implemented now and only in the world cup? this should've been done years ago in every major leagues

Very good technologie !

i know people are afraid of change but they actually implemented this system perfectly making both parities happy

The problem is the stoppage time of the play during the Var

if this was in the 2018 ucl final...

I wish one day FIFA will introduce VAR in the field running with players around.😀😀

👏👏goal review

WHERE WAS THE VAR IN TUNISIA-ENGLAND AND MOROCCO-PORTUGAL

Awesome

Gracias Holanda y Arjen Robben a causa de tus "aparatosos clavados" ahora el fútbol cuenta con esta herramienta para desenmascarar tramposos igualitos a ti. JUEGO LIMPIO Y HONESTO.

The system is perfect...basically what happens is that the ref on the pitch or the refs in the VAR room decide what is worthy of a second look. Absolutely brilliant. Picking and choosing. Such an advanced procedure. Not...what would make it perfect however would be for the player that's fouled or believes a goal was offside for example, to call for the decision to use it. Not a ref who we know makes dodgy decisions at the best of times. Oh and have his microphone hooked up to a speaker and also the mic in the VAR room so everyone in the stadium can hear the discussion and not feel left out and oblivious as to what is happening. Replaying the claim on a large screen would also be a great way to keep fans involved also. Hardly neuroscience now is it? With the amount of money in the game, the is simple to do. In all the top divisions at least.

ahhahaah love how the VAR team are using gaming headphones XD

I’m excited about this if done correctly. Really hope it ends all the terrible flopping that happens in the game

Asking for one of these for Xmas

Can a coach challenge a call pre-VAR to force the refree to check the VAR, or is it strictly the ref’s call wether or not to review the VAR?

Why did it take so long? I mean cricket has it for over a decade.

RIP REAL MADRID

Fair enough. great step to a clean match

the footage of the Iago aspas goal against morocco was viewed from a wrong angle. It looks it was not offside, but if you view it from a straight angle you can conclude it was offside. In addition in the footage they viewed you can not see the moment of the pass, just a black and red line. they tampered (not photoshopped) with images.

Lmao I want to hear the VAR yell “YOU RED CARDED THE WRONG PERSON”

Once it’s used in UCL it’s over for Madrid hahaha

Then why you didn't use it when 2 Swiss players pulled Mitrovic?

Thanks for the explanation fifalona

ASISTANT VIDEO ASISTANT REFEREE IM DONE XD

Hopefully this time mexico doesn't get screwed over, from finishing first in the group stage or goals taken away that were goals or goals against them that weren't goals, I'm saying this bc of the 2010 and 14 wc.

seems like it doesn't work for the Moroccan team.

very exciting, interesting and good development. it is good for the game, for the good of the game.

With this technology, Argentina wouldn't have won their second world cup. (Maradona's hand of God)

Wow, I love those HyperX headsets they're using!

This should be an independent process with everyone looking in. It is troubling that there is a FIFA official in the room. Because the FIFA official could notify the referee if their is a penalty when convenient as was the case with Germany when they played Sweden in the last minute. Correct me if I am wrong please. Another thing it should be used all the time or none of the times. I think this process will continue to evolve. It should be thoroughly tested and critiqued by the people so it can be universally accepted.

Guys calm down this is a good thing for football, i aggree this is used for the first time im sure they will perfect this in the future