Farce with VAR van was more ridiculous than expected: The driver was on his way to … Ghent instead of Genk | football

panic Wednesday evening in Genk, When the attending referees concluded that the VAR technique was too late for the match against Anderlecht. The truck eventually reached the scene, but the match had to start with a fifteen-minute delay in order to still be able to calibrate offside lines.

And the administration came to explain the farce on Wednesday evening. “The truck company lost the first match between Genk and Anderlecht. As a result, the truck arrived too late to Genk, barely an hour before the match,” it seemed at the time.

But what can be heard on the ProLeague centers yesterday? The truck had initially gone to GenT on Wednesday afternoon instead of GenK. Just near the Gelamco stadium, and when the driver took another look at his cards, the Euro fell into the truck. And turned towards Limburg.

As of next season, such issues will not be possible, explains Stephanie Forde of the Referee Division. Then we operate from the VAR Replay Center in Tubize and the minivans are no longer needed. So these types of accidents have been overcome. “

Stephanie Ford about the farce:

Genk’s VAR farce causes a 15-minute delay: “These kinds of accidents are going to be off track next season.”

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