Video reviews have changed the face of European soccer. One country is holding out.
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ”There was, in fact, a small area that successfully resisted the intruders, surrounded by modern football’s smoldering ruins.” The intruder in this case is VAR — the high-tech video review system formally written into the laws of soccer in 2018 to help referees make the right calls in the biggest moments. “VAR is a symbol of modern, commercialized-to-the-point-of-destruction football,” says Ola Thews, vice-chairman of AIK’s largest supporter organization, ASK. “Even though we’re late in the process, we’re actually trying to do something similar.” Sweden’s rather isolationist position on VAR has echoes of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s good that we have been waiting a little bit, compared to other countries,” Zethrin said ahead of AIK’s match against Varnamo on a chilly evening last Tuesday in the Swedish capital.
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Video reviews have changed the face of European soccer. One country is holding out
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