UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin has confirmed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) could be used in the Champions League and Europa Cup in the 2019/2020 season following pressure from the Italian side.

The UEFA chief who has been against the use of the Hawk-Eye technology finally gave the nod of the possibility of using it for UEFA clubs competitions.

He said “Honestly, I think we’ll have it in the Champions League and the Europa League by 2019/20,”

Ceferin, who also spoke about the penalty awarded against Juventus in the Champions League quarter-final game with Real Madrid, was upbeat that VAR could have done nothing to rescue Juventus from the penalty awarded by Michael Oliver.

He said, “VAR wouldn’t have changed anything, what would have changed in Real Madrid-Juventus”

“There are people who have seen the penalty 20 times and still half are saying yes and half are saying no.

“In the Manchester City-Liverpool match it could have been useful, but then other problems would arise.”

He also backed Oliver’s brave decision to send Buffon out of the game stressing that what the veteran goalkeeper said was not right as he tried to intimidate the referee.

“From the point of view of somebody who played, I understand the frustration. He’s obviously disappointed about being eliminated in the 93rd minute”, he added.

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