​Uefa announced on Friday that it has decided to implement the VAR system at the U21 European Championship hosted by Romania and Georgia. VAR will be used starting from the quarter-final stage of the competition.

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UEFA to introduce VAR starting with EC Under-21 quarter-finals in Romania and Georgia

This is how UEFA responded after refereeing errors in the match between France and Italy, in Group D Euro U21, the match ended with the score 2:1 in favor of the French, as well as refereeing errors of the Dutchman Allard Lindhout.

The Italians claimed a handball in France’s penalty area that remained unsanctioned, a foul in the phase that started the French’s winning goal, and the disallowance of Bellanova’s equalizing goal.

Gabriele Gavrina, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), said on Friday that due to the importance of the players present and the fact that the semi-finalists of the competition qualify directly for the Olympic Games in Paris, the European U21 Championship can no longer be considered a simple youth competition and that UEFA misjudged the impact of such an important competition, News.ro reports.