Serie A is ready for a notable refereeing change in 2026/27, with VAR for use to appropriate wrongly awarded corners.
Every nationwide federation can determine whether or not to undertake the measure, and ’s high flight will achieve this, whereas Serie B and C are nonetheless weighing it up, partly as a result of having fewer cameras accessible.
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In keeping with the , Referees will have the ability to overturn a nook given in error, supplied the overview causes no disruption to the sport in progress.
VERONA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 03: Referee Andrea Gervasoni throughout the Serie A match between and at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi on November 3, 2013 in Verona, Italy. (Picture by Claudio Villa/Getty Pictures)
VAR to overview second yellow playing cards in Serie A
A second, extra important change can be coming: VAR will have the ability to overview second yellow playing cards which have been proven, although not ones that have been missed.
In contrast to the nook protocol, that is an IFAB directive and obligatory for all competitions. It follows a string of controversies final season, most notably the , the place the ensuing dismissal would have been overturned after an on-field overview had the measure already been in place.
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Italian officiating can be transferring in the direction of a extra UEFA-style method elsewhere: protecting the mouth throughout a dispute with an opponent is not going to deliver an automated pink, with a yellow deemed adequate, and the identical leniency will apply to gamers who briefly go away the pitch in protest.