FIFA has authorized France to experiment with wearing a microphone for its referees. L'Equipe affirms that the first tests will take place in D1 Arkema, the first division of women's football, in the spring.
To see microphones on Ligue 1 referees, we will probably have to wait until at least next year. Initially, the sound system would only allow referees to express themselves on decisions taken after consulting the VAR, and not throughout the match as in rugby.