August 21 – The champions of the Bundesliga and Serie A saw a couple of key decisions of the new season overturned by the video assistant referee at the weekend.
Bayern Munich were given a second-half penalty against Bayer Leverkusen after the referee, initially unsure about Charles Aránguiz’s foul on Robert Lewandowski, went to the video assistant referee (VAR) system before awarding the spot-kick.
In Italy, Gianluigi Buffon saved the first penalty awarded by video assistant referee (VAR) in Serie A as Juventus, seeking a seventh straight title, began their defence with a comfortable win against Cagliari.
Buffon denied Diego Farias after referee Fabio Maresca used VAR in favour of the Sardinians after an Alex Sandro foul.
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