Overview
- Knut Kircher, the head of DFB Schiri GmbH, told RTL/Sky on Friday that VAR should act only when a clear error is 'immediately clear and obvious' and that a decision must usually come within 60 to 90 seconds.
- Kircher said a correct call should be evident in the first one or two replays and that resorting to a fifth or later angle shows there is not enough clarity to interfere.
- The DFB plans to limit the total number of VAR interventions to avoid 'microscopic' scrutiny and to respond to feedback from fans and club officials who want the game’s flow returned.
- On racist incidents the DFB will follow FIFA’s three-step protocol and clarified that some mouth-covering confrontations will draw a yellow card rather than an automatic red.
- The change responds to long-running criticism that VAR slows matches and kills spontaneity, and it gives German referees a clear, time-bound standard to cut lengthy multi-angle reviews.