The African soccer ruling body has given the nod that Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used,in the quarter finals games of the ongoing U17 African Cup of nations in Algeria
But CAF on Wednesday afternoon announced that the gadgets will be put to use for the first time in competition starting from the quarter-finals.
Since the commencement of the tournament, all the group matches were played without the usage of VAR.
three stadiums billed for the quarter finals are (Nelson Mandela, May 19, 1956 stadium, and the Chahid Hamlaoui stadium) have been equipped with VAR facilities.
The Junior Teranga Lions of Senegal will face Amajimbos of South Africa in the first quarter-final before the host Algeria will tackle rival Morocco later on Wednesday.
Mali will take on Congo in the 3rd quarter-final before Nigeria confronts Burkina Faso in the final game of the last 8 on Thursday.