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Martin Atkinson Premier League referee

The Premier League 2019-20 season has seen a large number of controversies especially with VAR decisions but now thankfully the authorities have taken notice of it.

As per reports the decisions makers have chosen to alter a number of rules for the upcoming Premier League season including the controversial VAR.

The first and the biggest change will see referees use pitchside monitors more often during matches since this season a number of wrong decisions were made by VAR officials and in some cases, they have chosen to make wrong judgements.

This will surely solve a lot of problems since the onfield official can finally make up his mind and not be dependent on his colleagues who are sitting miles away from the stadium.

The second change will see penalties will only be given for handball if it results in a goal.

The third and the final change ensure that spot-kicks are only re-taken if a goalkeeper comes off his line early and then goes on to save the penalty. This means if the penalty taker misses the shot, then it will not be re-taken.

The IFAB said in a statement, via The Sun: “Where a reviewable incident is subjective, the expectation is that the referee will undertake an ‘on-field review.

“It was furthermore agreed that more insight into the decision-making process, for example, access to the conversation between match officials during a review, would not be appropriate at this point, but that more effort should be made to enhance existing communication approaches to improve understanding of the review process and the referee’s final decision.”

These changes will most certainly bring about a lot of clarity since VAR has gotten a bad name this season after the officials have taken a series of wrong decisions.

And VAR has further come into scrutiny since the Premier League were the last major league in Europe to implement the technology as they wanted to make the whole system as flawless as possible.

It remains to be seen just how smoothly the matches go after the change in the rules but one thing’s for sure, VAR has made the beautiful game of football more rigid and a tad bit boring.

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