Ligue 1 to trial live ref-VAR audio in PSG match | OneFootball

The French Professional Football League (LFP) made official this Thursday (2) the implementation of an unprecedented experimental device in European football.

The measure aims to test the live, real-time broadcasting of specific parts of the communication between the head referee and the VAR assistants, and it will be implemented during the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Toulouse.

The clash, scheduled for the evening of this Friday (3), will be the first in the history of French football in which the head referee will be "equipped with a microphone whose activation will be remotely controlled by the video assistant referee, directly from the supervision center," as detailed in the LFP’s official statement.

How will it work in practice?

This innovative protocol will allow the live transmission of some of the referee’s remarks and decisions simultaneously to two audiences:

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