Video Assistant Referee system used for first time in Uzbek football history

FIFA allowed Uzbekistan Football Association to use the Video Assistant Referee system in local league matches after a week-long final negation and scrutinized Uzbek VAR referees’ match records in a trial game between Uzbekistan U20 women’s team and Pakhtakor-W on Wednesday.

FC AGMK’s Sardor Rakhmonov handled the ball in the penalty box in the second half of Uzbekistan Cup final. The referee did not award a spot-kick but the VAR officials ruled after a review that it was a penalty and Jaloliddin Masharipov converted into a goal to make it 3-0 for FC Pakhtakor.