From this week, German football judges will start to announce the audience explanations regarding the decision of the video review.
Bayern Munich and German champion Bayer Leverkusen are among the nine clubs that will join the trial program played on their own pitch from Saturday, said the German league on Monday.
After the attempt in the English League Cup, which took place at the beginning of this month, five matches were selected for the first wave of the German program this week, including Bayern match from Holstein Kiel. For now, this will only affect the minority of matches in the two best men’s leagues.
Judges will use a headphone set with a microphone connected to the sound system to directly communicate with fans after events that required a visitor to check the referee (VAR). Only the final decision will be broadcast at the stadium, not discussions between the judge on the pitch and colleagues.
In Germany, many fans still feel sorry for the VAR system for disturbing the game of the game and, as some see it, too severe punishment of defenders.
The chief director of the league judicial body, Knut Kircher, argued on Monday that the logical next step would be to explain to the fans of the VAR process.
“Despite all the controversial discussions about video assistants, we want to continue working with (German football league) and its clubs, so that the decisions of the judges at the stadium are more transparent,” said Kircher in a statement.
“In the” public announcement “we see a clear first step towards greater transparency and we took care of training our judges in the field of procedures. That is why we are sure that we can effectively support this new approach, even if it seems unusual at the beginning. “
Football has adopted ads relatively late, which are widely used in other team sports.
In 1975, the National Football League (NFL) judges received wireless microphones to explain penalties. Major League baseball began to announce advertisements in parks while browsing repetitions in 2022, and rugby judges have long been using microphones.
In football, ads at stadiums were in force during the Women’s World Championships in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 and during other FIFA events.
