Referees will announce any video assistant decisions to football supporters inside stadiums in England for the first time during the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
As part of a trial, referees will announce final decisions following a visit to the VAR pitchside monitor or when rulings are made on factual matters such as accidental handball by a goal-scorer or offside offences where the attacker touches the ball.
Such announcements are common in other sports such as rugby and American football. And the Women’s World Cup did a trial run of the system in 2023.
The English Premier League said in a meeting last summer that in-game VAR announcements would be put in place at some point this season.
Both legs in each of the cup semi-finals – Arsenal versus Newcastle and Tottenham versus Liverpool – will be included in the trial.
The first legs in the EFL-run competition will be played on January 7 and 8, 2025, with the return fixtures on February 5 and 6.
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