FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - AS Roma v Lazio - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - January 26, 2020 The referee consults a VAR monitor during the match REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini/File Photo
(Reuters) - Italy's soccer governing (FIGC) has asked FIFA's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), if it can introduce a system where Serie A teams can challenge referee's decisions and ask for technology to intervene.
The Italian top flight introduced the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in 2017-18 but it has received criticism from Serie A managers who feel technology should take a second look at controversial decisions made by on-field referees.
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