St. Petersburg, July 7, Taras Barabash. Russian video assistant system provider the referee (VAR) will not be able to provide offside lines from the start of the new season of the Russian Football Championship, a representative of the RFU communications service said. The next RPL season starts on July 15. «In the new season, the Russian provider Slomo will provide VAR technology at RPL matches. have already been carried out, the main functionality of the system is fully operational, as shown by the recent Pari Premier Cup, where VAR was used in all matches. writing the appropriate software and its subsequent certification,» the representative of the RFU noted. «In the first rounds of the RPL, VAR will correct the decisions of the assistants only in case ae obvious error that can be noticed without the use of technology. In controversial situations, VAR will support the decision of the assistant. We remind you that the functionality of virtual offside lines is not mandatory for use in competitions held using the VAR system,» the representative of the RFU noted. VAR began to be used in the Russian Premier League from the 2019/20 season. The system operator in Russia until the end of the last season was the British company Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd.
