VAR in Ligue 2 is coming soon. In the Maxi Ligue 2 program this Monday on BeIN Sports, Stéphane Lannoy, in charge of professional arbitration at the technical direction of arbitration (DTA), announced that the arrival of VAR in L 2 was in the pipeline. . For Lannoy, the implementation will take a little time, in particular to give referees time to train in this new technology. Thus, the VAR could be implemented for the 2024-2025 season.
“There are specifications to be respected and enough referees must be trained to meet the needs of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, confirmed the former referee. But the object is the implementation of VAR in Ligue 2 for the 2024-2025 season. This leaves us a full year to train new video assistant referees. »
Introduced during the 2017-2018 season in the Italian, German, Portuguese, Belgian, Dutch and Polish championships, the VAR officially landed in France the following season at the same time as Spain. As a reminder, England embarked on the adventure during the 2019-2020 financial year.
In the Champions League, VAR was introduced from February 2019, a few months after the World Cup in Russia in 2018, which paved the way for international competitions.
VAR is not the first technological device to have supported referees. In France, as early as 2015, the Goal line had been put in place.
