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Finnish football prepares for introduction of VAR

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Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used in a domestic football match for the first time in Finland later this month .

VAR official will be on hand to review the referee's on-field decisions during both semi-finals of this year 's Finnish Cup and the final of the Veikkausliiga season.

The introduction follows a trial carried out earlier this summer during the Helsinki Cup , a youth football tournament held in the Finnish capital every summer .

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