Soccer: First VAR trial in Italy-France (3)

(ANSA) - Rome, August 26 - FIFA said Friday it would trial a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for the first time in Italy's friendly with France in Bari on September 1. It said it would be a "special test" in which the VAR "will be able to communicate with the referee during the match, but will not have an impact on the play as in a direct test". So far VARS have been tested in dry runs without being able to communicate with the ref. VARs will be used, if approved, for game-changing decisions like goals, red cards, penalties and mistaken identities.
    Italian Soccer federation (FIGC) President Carlo Tavecchio said the FIGC was "honoured" to host the first real VAT trial.
    He said it showed how "constant and fruitful" was the FIGC's relationship with FIFA and the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the independent guardian of the laws of the game.