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