Hungarian referee giving the first penalty based on VAR – VIDEO
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Index.hu writes that Viktor Kassai, Hungarian football referee participated in a historic event, as he gave the very first penalty after using video assistant referee (VAR) during the Atlético Nacional v. Kashima Antlers match on Wednesday (Dec 14).
Viktor Kassai was the main referee of one of the semi-final matches, played by Atlético Nacional (COL) v. Kashima Antlers (JPN). The Hungarian made a historic decision in the 29th minute of the football match.
Following a free kick, one of the Japanese players fell, but neither Kassai nor the other referees saw what happened, therefore, he asked for a video replay. Kassai ran to the side, to watch the screen, which made him change his original decision, so he awarded a penalty.
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Players of Nacional were not particularly happy about that, and, eventually, Doj Soma scored the penalty. While the replaying did not take much time, the whole case took about 30 sec, so it seems that it is not worth to wait 2 minutes until calling for a replay.