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Video Assistant Referee: VAR added drama and suspense

In this file photo taken on January 9, 2018 French refeere Amaury Delerue (front) takes part in a presentation of video assisted refereeing (VAR) before the French League Cup football match between Nice and Monaco at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, southern France. The management of the 32 teams qualified for the World Cup-2018 in Russia were rather confident February 28 about the video assistance to the arbitration (VAR), whose Fifa must decide March 3 of the use during the competition. / AFP PHOTO

Football has a new sign language. And depending on what is to be reviewed, it is a moment fans either have their hopes raised or keep fingers crossed for the dreadful decision to follow.

Welcome to the world of Video Assistant Referee, best known as VAR. The introduction of this review has brought with it dramatic and suspense-filled moments in the stadium.

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