Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to introduced for Santosh Trophy in Saudi Arabia

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will probably be launched in Indian males’s soccer for the primary time when Punjab meets Meghalaya within the first semifinal of the 76th version of Santosh Trophy (National Football Championship), to be performed on the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on Wednesday.

The host, Saudi Arabia Football Federation, will present the technolgy throughout the Santosh Trophy ultimate stage matches.

This was conveyed by the All India Football Federation president, Kalyan Chaubey, forward of the Santosh Trophy semifinals that are taking place for the primary time outdoors the nation. The AIFF chief additionally indicated involving the Indian software program specialists to search out out a value efficient method to introduce VAR in Indian tournaments. 

The under-17 ladies’s World Cup final 12 months was the primary time any Indian crew performed underneath the video referral system.

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Eight-times champion Punjab and six-times winner Services lead the problem within the two semifinals because the National males’s soccer championship for the Santosh Trophy finds a brand new locale on the King Fahd International Stadium right here on Wednesday.

This is an effort from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to use its newly-forged strategic partnership with the Saudi Arabia Football Federation in retrieving the competitors from its current situation of ailment.

Punjab, which final gained the crown, beating Services within the ultimate in Srinagar 15 years in the past (2007-08), could have newcomer Meghalaya as its opposition within the first semifinal. Services, the champion of the 2018-19 season, will meet Karnataka within the different conflict for the title spherical. Having gained the crown final as Mysore 54 years in the past, Karnataka will probably be desperate to reclaim its misplaced stature as one of many hubs of Indian soccer.