History Created, Manahan Stadium Locations For The Use Of The First VAR In Indonesia In The 2023 U17 World Cup

VAR technology is used at Manahan Stadium in the U-17 World Cup. (photo: screenshot/ulfa)

JAKARTA - Indonesian football feels a new history where the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is used in the country. The moment occurred in the 2023 U-17 World Cup match which was held in Solo.

The use of the first VAR occurred at Manahan Stadium in the match between the Mali U-17 national team and Uzbekistan U-17 on the Group's first matchday, Friday, November 10 afternoon.

The act of using VAR for the first time occurred in the 68th minute. At that time, it was seen that Ibrahim Kanate was brought down by an Uzbekistann player, Bekhruz Jumatov in the forbidden area.

However, Uruguay referee Gustavo Tajera did not consider it a violation. Before long, Tajera received a notification from the VAR team in one corner of Manahan Stadium.

Based on this information, the trial dang immediately checked for himself the broadcast of the violation incident. However, the referee had experienced problems.

Tajera was held back for almost two minutes to wait for the show to appear on the VAR monitor screen. After looking closely, the referee then awarded Mali a penalty.

The penalty was well executed by Mamadou Doumbia in the 72nd minute. The execution became the player's brace which was also added to a hat trick to bring Mali to a 3-0 win at the end of the match.

After the VAR eradication moment was carried out as the first time in the country, pulling it a few minutes later VAR was reused.

Mamadou Doumbia had scored his third goal for Mali in the 75th minute. The goal also seemed to be nothing wrong, but the referee again communicated with the VAR team. Because this moment the match was delayed for approximately five minutes to ensure there were no violations in the process of creating a goal that turned out to be valid.