The FA CUP 2024/25 has provided English football supporters with an accommodation in the variable discourse that surrounds the Premier League weekly.
The amendments to the rules of the competition means that VAR is still used in this year Fa cupMuch for the relief of most fans up and down the country. Those in the championship are used to so much happiness, but the players of the Premier League, the executives and the fans have welcomed the breath.
The oldest cup competition in the world has not turned its back on technology, but it will not be used in the fourth round. Here is why.
Prior to the 2024/25 season, FA CUP used VAR in staged matches Premier League Domestic land, as well as the semifinals and the final at Wembley Stadium. Clubs outside the first layer, even those with VAR capabilities who had fallen to the championship, passed without the technology to home games.
However, to ensure equity and coherence in the competition, VAR has been scrapped for the fourth round and previous. Even the Premier League stages did not use the official system in the third round of this year’s competition.
The decision was made to ensure that the same rules are applied for all teams in the competition, dealing with previous complaints about the sporadic use of VAR and how he created an imbalance between the clubs in the upper division and the lower league.
Although VAR is still used in the Cup 2024/25, it will be used in the fifth round and beyond, regardless of the site. It will be used in every game from the fifth round to the final, even during home links for clubs outside the Premier League.
A declaration of December read: “Video assistant (VAR) referees will only be used by 2024-25 on the fifth round.
“It has been agreed that VAR will be used for all matches of the fifth round of the competition until the final at the Wembley Stadium and will not be in operation for the third and fourth round.
“VAR has only been used in the Cup made of the emirates previously for parties at the Wembley Stadium and the Precinct of the Premier League due to the infrastructure, the labor force and the costs needed for its operation.
“This decision guarantees that there is a consistent referee approach for all clubs that participate in the same stage of the competition.”
