A new hope for football fans? Referees will have to explain their decisions to viewers on video

In the last few dozen hours, the International Football Association’s rule-making or rule-adjustment council has decided that referees will have to explain their decisions to fans over video. In football, we will see something that already works well in the NFL or NHL, for example.

A new hope for all football fans. This is probably a safe way to interpret the new rule that the IFAB rules committee has come up with. However, this novelty is yet to be tested in selected tournaments organised by FIFA.

We will see this innovation for the first time at the Club World Cup in February, after which, if this project is successful, the new rule will be extended to all other FIFA competitions.

The IFAB came up with this decision after VAR, or video refereeing, significantly affected the recent Manchester derby.

So it can be said that Bruno Fernandes’ goal from a clearly offside position was just the icing on the cake of all the VAR problems so far.

The Portuguese midfielder scored from that position to level the Manchester derby at 1-1. The Red Devils then scored another goal in the 82nd minute to win the game 2-1. Needless to say, the Manchester City fans were very indignant after the game.

In football, we will see something that has been in place for a long time in overseas competitions such as the NFL or NHL.

Statement from the head of the English Football Association

“We believe it is important for transparency and also for the people in the stadium who don’t have enough information at the moment,” said Mark Bullingham, quoted by Goal.

Finally, we must add that the communication between the head referee and his colleagues on video will remain private.

Sources: Goal, Football Italia