Another historic change in the Premier League: it will be the first to implement the semi-automatic offside used in the Qatar World Cup

With the arrival of VAR (Video Assistant Referee) In 2017, football is increasingly surrounded by technology that seeks to bring ‘justice’ to the most famous sport on the planet. However, these types of tools continue to be opposed by many fans. Now it’s time to include some new technology: out side Semi-automatic.

THE premier league It will be the first championship in the world to implement this already used technology Champions League and had his presentation at Club World Cup and the Arab Cup of the 2021 season. In 2022 it was used in World Cup in Qatar and Argentina suffered it in the first match against Saudi Arabia, having three goals disallowed.

Today on the occasion of the shareholders’ meeting of premier league and together with all the clubs they agreed with the implementation of this technology. The idea is to start implementing it starting next season after the international breaks of the European autumn.

According to the official website of premier league This implementation will “produce high-quality streaming graphics for ensure a better experience at the stadium and on broadcast for the fans.

Additionally, it will provide faster and more consistent positioning of the virtual offside line, based on optical player tracking. “This technology is the culmination of three years of research and experimentation offer the best to the teams, players and fans who come to Qatar”, said the FIFA president, Gianni Infantinoin the preview of the latest one world.

To make this work, cameras are installed on the roofs of stadiums to track the ball and place data points for each player to track their position on the pitch. The information pinpoints each player’s location on a map and creates a picture of it a possible out side.

The Premier possibly uses the same system and software as the of UEFA for the Champions. Compared to the system used by FIFA at the Qatar World Cup, the ball does not have a chip which shows the moments when it is affected.

The decision was unanimous because all the clubs, and the fans, believe they have been damaged by the way in which VAR to determine whether or not a player is in an incorrect position on the playing field.

Once again English football takes a step towards including technology in everyday football life. In 2013 they were one of the first leagues to implement the technology Automatic target detection system (DAG), a clock that tells the referee whether the ball has entered or not.