The AC Milan goalkeeper, also the youngest player to be picked in any position for 105 years, was a halftime substitute for 38-year-old Gianluigi Buffon, himself Italy's most capped player who was making his 162nd appearance. "Buffon told me to stay calm, do what I know and to have fun," Donnarumma told RAI television. It was the first international to feature a so-called video assistant referee (VAR) to help the officials on the pitch. FIFA said it was an "offline" test in which the VAR was able to communicate with match referee Bjorn Kuipers but the game would not be stopped to check replays. "FIFA is expecting this first test to provide conclusions and directions for future VAR training sessions with elite referees," soccer's world governing body said in a statement.

Source: bd News24 September 01, 2016 21:33 UTC