The Australian Championship will trial FIFA's new Football Video Support (FVS), a slimmed-down version of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, during its playoffs over the next few weeks, Football Australia said on Wednesday. FVS has been developed by soccer's world governing body to meet demand from countries and leagues that do not have the financial resources to support VAR, which is now ubiquitous in international and elite club football.

Instead of a VAR official on the sidelines watching video of the game and communicating with the referee, the use of FVS will be triggered by coaches requesting reviews of incidents on a limited number of occasions during a match. The coaches can ask for a review only in the case of disputes over goals, penalties, direct red cards and situations

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