Soccer: First VAR trial in Italy-France (2)

(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.