Football Federation Australia has found a technical failure in the Video Assistant Referee system meant there was no access to the camera which would have enabled him to make an offside ruling for the goal that gave Melbourne Victory the title.
FFA’s Head of Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League, Greg O’Rourke, said the capture software that uploads the broadcast feed into the VAR system was partially lost for 30 seconds before Victory’s goal. It wasn’t until several minutes after the goal that it was restored, too late to change the decision as the game had been restarted.
“We are extremely disappointed at this failure of the VAR technology,” O’Rourke said, “And we understand the disappointment and frustration of the Newcastle Jets, their fans and indeed all football fans.
“VAR was introduced here and in other parts of the world as a technology based solution to correct the human errors that inevitably are made from time to time when officials are making judgements in split seconds.
“On this occasion the technology itself failed and the broadcast angles required were unavailable. We are working with Hawkeye to thoroughly understand why it did and what can be done to prevent this happening again.
“Whilst we understand that this happened only once this season it was at a most critical time. All parties desire the technology to be failure proof and that is what we will be striving for.”
“This is important not just for the Hyundai A-League but for other leagues around the world and for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at which VAR will be used for the first time,” concluded O’Rourke.
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