2017-18 Serie A TIM: percentage of refereeing errors falls from 5.78% to 0.89% thanks to VAR

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Of the 397 matches played with the use of the video assistant referee (380 Serie A TIM matches and 17 TIM Cup/Coppa Italia matches), 2,023 calls to the VAR (5.1 per game) were made, with 117 corrected decisions (one every 3.29 games) and the percentage of refereeing errors fell from 5.78% to 0.89%. These are the key figures from the "VAR...

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