FIFA reveals the number of times the VAR has been used in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia – Information – 24 hours

A total of 335 game actions have been verified through technology, announced Governing body of world football. ] A total of " 335 shares were subject to verification " by the video badistance team at Arbitration ( VAR ) during the first phase of World 2018 ] announced Friday FIFA claiming a percentage of correct decisions of 99.3% thanks to their help, against 95% that would have been without it.

In the first 48 games of the World Cup, " all goals (122 of the first phase) as well as a good number of situations were verified, and in total there has been 6.9 video reviews per match "on average, explained the refereeing of FIFA, the former Italian legatee Pierluigi Collina . " And of those 335 checks, 17 led to a review through the VAR ," he said.

"In 14 of these cases, the referee moved to the edge of the field, while the remaining three actions" were done directly by the referee-VAR, located in the "VAR room" of Moscow, explained Colina. These last three games he referred to corresponded to " an offside, an incident in the greater region and an error in the identification of a player ."

In total, 14 the decisions were changed during the first round matches after appealing the VAR, while 3 others were confirmed: 1 criminal penalty and 2 n / a had not been granted with just reason.

In summary, of the 335 incidents badyzed, 95% of the arbitration decisions were correct. But with the addition of the success of these 14 mentioned changes, after the use of the VAR, they bring to 99.3% the success of the arbitration, says FIFA.

The average time for the use of the resource VAR in the middle of a match was 80 seconds in this World Cup, the first to apply this technology that avoids many controversies .