An assistant referee is a person who helps the main referee during a game, and their job is to decide if the ball goes out of bounds or if a player is offside. Full definition
March 19 — Despite reservations far and wide, as anticipated FIFA's ruling Council has rubber - stamped the decision earlier this month by football's lawmakers to approve video assistant referees for the World Cup and beyond. (insideworldfootball.com)
Frohlich, the head of German elite referees, is now overseeing this season's trial of video assistant referees in German football after former Bundesliga referee supervisor Hellmut Krug was demoted on Monday in the aftermath of claims he had unduly influenced the VAR in charge of Schalke's controversial 1 - 1 draw with Wolfsburg last month. (espnfc.com)