World Cup Qualifiers.: VAR Absent for Two Rounds in Africa

Africa’s football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will not be used in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers across the continent, Platinumnewsng.com is reporting

CAF announced on Wednesday that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will not be in use for the upcoming round of world cup qualifiers.

The reason for this decision remains undisclosed. However, unavailability of the VAR technology in some match venues to be used across the continent is a major cause of concern.

Nigeria, one of the participating countries, is set to kick off the qualifiers by hosting Lesotho’s Crocodile at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo before facing Mozambique.