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Video Assistant Referees can be useful if implemented correctly
Having seen it used live, KADEEM SIMMONDS believes the video technology has a place in football but only if used on yes or no incidents and not matters of opinions
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VIDEO Assistant referee. VAR. Var. However you want to say it, a new piece of technology is sweeping football and it is dividing opinion.
It was widely accepted that some kind of technology was needed in the sport and, when goal-line technology was introduced, there were very arguments.
Given the Frank Lampard ghost goal at the 2010 World Cup and other similar incidents, many in Britain had called for its implementation.
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