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Video Assistant Referee always causes controversy, and that was no different at Euro 2025. So how were the decisions made?
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VAR – which is essentially a match official in an operations room with access to match footage and who has one or more assistant VARs – was introduced in the Premier League for the 2019/20 season.
Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham says there isn't "any need" to extend the use of the video assistant ...
With the referees training ahead of the 2025/26 season having concluded on Friday, there was no video assistant referee (VAR) training ...
The VAR then reports to the referee on the ground, who may overturn a decision, hold firm, or look at the footage themself on a pitchside display. Credit: Niko4it, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...
On the first weekend of VAR being introduced, the Premier League said around 70 incidents were VAR checked. Manchester City ’s 5-0 win at West Ham saw seven checks and two decisions overturned.