The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) introduced VAR last year
Former FIFA World Cup referee Victor Gomes says plans to introduce the Video Assistant Referee in South Africa are at an advanced stage. However, he admitted that the country is not yet ready to implement such advanced technology.There was an outcry over referees’ errors in the league almost on a weekly basis this season. This has prompted the call for the introduction of Video Assistant Referees from many quarters to alleviate the crisis.
“No we are not ready it’s a process, we need to train referees the broadcasters must also come on board, we don’t want to rush it and get it wrong, we want everybody to trust it.” “This is one of the things they have helped us lead the way with the VAR training centre and it’s going to help COSAFA countries to get VAR and as the chairman of referees in South Africa, I know it’s on the way. We are progressing very fast,” Gomes adds.
He adds, “We are setting up the stage where referees can’t make the error of judgment, we need to start changing mindset about referees, the better the playing is the better the refereeing, it goes hand in hand and we need to start working on this together.”
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