Indonesian Football Will Get Better

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – General Chairman of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) Erick Thohir mentioned the existence video assistant referee (VAR) in League 1 will make the football industry in Taanah Air develop better.

VAR can be applied when League 1 enters the series championship on 4-26 May 2024.

“For me, with the use of VAR, the quality of our league and football industry will improve. Players will get better at playing too. “He knows everything is well looked after,” said Erick after PSSI held a trial of implementing the third phase of VAR at JSI Field, Megamendung, Bogor, Saturday (17/2/2024) quoted Between.

At the trial stage, eight cameras were installed at a number of points on the field during local school football club (SSB) matches. During the trial, the referee and assistant referees also simulated replay operators which were used as considerations in important decisions.

This includes making decisions regarding valid or invalid goals, checking penalties or non-penalties, possible violations with the potential for yellow cards or red cards, and identification errors by the main referee or linesman.

Meanwhile, during the trial, the Main Director of PT Liga Indonesia Baru (PT LIB) Ferry Paulus said that all the equipment tested was exactly the same as what was used at the 2023 U-17 World Cup in Indonesia at the end of last year.

“The point is that today, if we look, the props being demonstrated, such as simulators and all the existing equipment, is exactly the same as what we bought, the same as was used in the U-17 World Cup yesterday (2023),” said Ferry.

PSSI Deputy Chairperson Ratu Tisha said that VAR could be applied when League 1 entered the series championship on 4-26 May 2024.

Tisha explained that currently the implementation of VAR still has to go through several stages. One of them is the approval and final assessment of the referee and assistant referee VAR given by FIFA.

“For duty, we will still wait for approval from FIFA as a final assessment for them (referees) and then carry out a trial match. The plan is that FIFA will be here between March 1 and 8 to see the final readiness training in batches 1 (referee),” said Tisha.