Coaches Dishing Out Their Own Cards? New Football Video Support System To Trial In Australia

Football coaches will beryllium twirling their fingers successful nan aerial and handing retired their ain cards successful nan Australian Championship knockout matches this play arsenic portion of a world proceedings for a caller lightweight video reappraisal strategy designed for leagues without nan resources for a afloat VAR deployment.

The Football Video Support (FVS aliases VS) strategy has been trialled astatine inferior tournaments and astatine little leagues successful Malta, Spain and Italy but if nan implementation is successful successful Australia, nan coming weeks could pave nan measurement for its usage successful nan A-League Women finals this season.

Coaches are fixed 2 cards each to beryllium utilized during normal time, which tin beryllium utilized to reappraisal goals, punishment decisions and nan issuing of cards. An further situation is provided for extra-time.

The reappraisal tin beryllium triggered by nan coach twirling their digit successful nan air, handing 1 of nan cards to nan 4th official, aliases informing them verbally. The referee will past reappraisal nan video angles disposable connected a pitch-side screen.

Jon Moss, Football Australia caput of referees, said officials will beryllium prepared for imaginable gamesmanship by coaches looking to activity an advantage by utilizing nan situation strategy to slow down play aliases forestall counterattacks.

“We woody pinch that nan aforesaid measurement arsenic we woody pinch clip wasting and clip consumption,” he said. “We’ve made it clear to nan clubs that we’re not expecting them to do this [use nan cards for advantage] and if they do do it, we won’t beryllium forthcoming successful accepting challenges.”

He gave an illustration of a imaginable punishment that wasn’t called. Coaches will not beryllium capable to extremity an ensuing counterattack by utilizing nan card, and nan footage will beryllium reviewed only erstwhile nan consequent play breaks down. However, Moss admitted location whitethorn beryllium cases that trial nan caller system.

“The likelihood of [coaches] being capable to get a reappraisal connected a speedy transition, particularly successful nan Championship, really quickly nan shot moves from 1 extremity to nan other, and having nan capacity to realise that’s happening is highly unlikely,” he said. “But it could happen, and we’ll woody pinch that arsenic we spot due astatine nan time.”

The strategy provides a much cost-effective solution for competitions which person video coverage, but do not person a afloat VAR strategy installed successful stadiums aliases officials dedicated for review.

Moss said Fifa remains committed to VAR, and nan usage of nan caller strategy is not being considered arsenic a replacement for nan arguable video reappraisal system. He expected FVS not to unduly hold nan game, fixed successful erstwhile tests only 1.7 cards are utilized for each lucifer connected average.

“I’d alternatively person a small spot of added clip if we sewage to nan correct outcome, and we person nan expertise for nan coaches to situation erstwhile they deliberation thing is intelligibly wrong,” he said. “So it’s that balance, isn’t it, betwixt nan usage of exertion and getting nan correct outcome.”

If nan exertion fails, nan lucifer will proceed without FVS, and nan caput coaches and captains will beryllium informed.

The Australian Championships quarter-finals statesman connected Friday pinch nan conflict betwixt Wests Apia and Marconi astatine Leichhardt Oval.