""The main criteria is no delay. With corners, there is a physiological delay because when a corner is given, normally you wait until the two centre-backs come up. It normally takes 10-15 seconds to get the attackers ready. In these 10-15 seconds, if the corner kick is wrongly given, everybody has the evidence that the start of play is wrong and to me, it's difficult to understand if they have the possibility to see that [the decision is wrong].""
""I think we should all have as the objective to make correct decisions on the field of play, It would be a pity if the result of a competition is decided not by what the players do on the field of play, but by an honest mistake made by the decision-maker. This is what convinced us 13, 14 years ago to start thinking how to support referees [with technology]. So if we can get this, to me, it's positive.""
FIFA plans to trial VAR reviews for corner decisions at the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. The International Football Association Board rejected the proposal in October, and several domestic leagues oppose introducing VAR for corners. FIFA argues that corners involve a natural 10–15 second delay as attackers and centre-backs prepare, providing an opportunity to review decisions without delaying matches. The objective is to ensure correct on-field decisions and prevent competition outcomes being affected by honest mistakes, building on technology support for referees that began over a decade ago.
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