Suara.com – PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) Operations Director Asep Saputra explained what incidents can be checked using the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Please remember, players, coaches and spectators cannot just demand that the referee look at VAR.
Asep mentioned four incidents that could be reviewed by VAR. Apart from that, football will continue as usual according to the decision of the referee on the field.
“Because if we look at the VAR protocol, there are only four incidents. The first is a goal or no goal, then a penalty or no penalty, the possibility of a straight red card or mistaken identity, if there is a wrong decision,” said Asep when met at the Jeep. Stations Indonesia, Megamendung, Bogor Regency, Saturday (17/2/2024).
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“Those four are actually the basic principles that can be carried out by VAR checking,” continued Asep Saputra.
Furthermore, Asep said that his party would provide education on this matter to all football stakeholders. So, when it is implemented, there should be no excessive protests.
“We will have started to enter the phase of actually increasing the intensity of this socialization. That VAR is not just a video,” explained Asep.
VAR trial training for Liga 1 2023/2024 (Suara.com/Adie Prasetyo Nugraha).
“In fact, this is to strengthen the referee's decision, and clear up what happened at that time. So that's it, so there are only four of them,” he added.
PSSI and LIB are actually targeting VAR to be used in League 1 this February. However, it had to be postponed until May, aka the championship series, because human resources (HR) such as referees were not sufficient.
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actually. “But once again, to ensure that this goes well, we have decided on the results of the discussion, recommendations which we have considered from A to Z, we have thought about it so that we will really officially use this championship series,” he concluded.