Laws of the Game: IFAB expresses its satisfaction with VAR a year after its authorisation

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J. Ford (FAW), I. Maxwell (SFA), G. Infantino (FIFA) and M. Glenn (The FA), on 02/03/2019 - ©  IFAB

"Partly as a result of its success in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, VAR is now an accepted part of football and has brought greater fairness to the game without any significant interruption with reviews on average taking just over a minute once every three games," stated IFAB after its 133rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Aberdeen...

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J. Ford (FAW), I. Maxwell (SFA), G. Infantino (FIFA) and M. Glenn (The FA), on 02/03/2019 - ©  IFAB

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