Brazil 's top - flight football clubs have unanimously voted to introduce video assistant referee ( VA ) technology for the coming season . Next season, in 2020, the Supercup will also be reintroduced. The Brazilian Football Confederation ( CBF ) also wanted to bring back the Supercup competition but its proposal to limit clubs to firing no more than one referee each season was rejected . The use of VAR was voted down last year because of costs but the Confederation has now agreed to finance the technology , leaving clubs only having to pay for two officials to operate the system .
Brazil 's top - flight football clubs have unanimously voted to introduce video assistant referee ( VA ) technology for the coming season . The Brazilian Football Confederation ( CBF ) also wanted to bring back the Supercup competition but its proposal to limit clubs to firing no more than one referee each season was rejected . The use of VAR was voted down last year because of costs but the Confederation has now agreed to finance the technology , leaving clubs only having to pay for two officials to operate the system .