Ghana Football Association’s referees manager, Alex Kotey believes the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will help curb the phenomenal hooliganism at the various stadia.

Ghana Football, in recent weeks has seen the upsurge cancer of hooliganism across the various league competitions.
Speaking to Citi Sports, Alex Kotey indicated that, the introduction of VAR will ensure less errors on the part of referees, which will bring clarity to their decisions on the pitch.

“The introduction of VAR is to correct these errors. We all know that a referee per his position may make an error in his judgement.

“The VAR will correct that error. In the absence of VAR, these errors linger on and affect the game, leading to hooliganism.

“So if the VAR comes in and corrects that error, hooliganism will stop because now there’s proper clarity, he said.

The VAR is a technology used in football that intervenes in referee rulings and calls for on-field reviews by using video clips and a microphone to communicate.

It is used in major domestic competitions in Europe, and African countries such as Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa are among the few that have implemented VAR in their domestic leagues.

The Ghana Football Association is planning to introduce the technology at the start of the 2023/2024 season, with the piloting set to done during the 2023 Africa Games.