One of the images that FIFA shared to explain how SAOT works, the semi-automatic technology to detect offsides.
real Madrid Y EintrachtFrankfurt compete for the first trophy of the 2022-23 season, which actually corresponds to last season: the European Super Cup, Which pits the Champions League champion against the Europa League champion.
It is played from 16:00 (Argentine time), in Helsinki Olympic Stadium and with the novelty of the use, for the first time in the old continent, of the Semi-automatic offside technology (SAOT).
The main reason for the implementation of the SAOT, which was born as an initiative of FIFA in collaboration with UEFA, is to increase the net playing timetaking into account all the arrests per game resulting from the use of the VAR.
This revolutionary system will make the sanction of an offside almost immediate or, failing that, the correction of an incorrect decision by the touch judges. A new era in football begins.
Pierluigi Collina, The current FIFA referee director has given details on how it works. “There will be between 10 and 12 cameras that detect 29 points on the player’s body, 50 times per second, and software that analyzes the data in real time.by perfectly calculating the moment of the pass and the position of the players “.
Also, a sensor located inside the ball to accurately determine the instant the ball is hit. All this information allows the design of 3D images that reflect the exact position of the player at the time of the start of the passage, which will be shown on the screens of the stadiums and on television broadcasts to collaborate with transparency.
“Immediately, the grids are inserted into the image to highlight the offside. Then it automatically sends it to the VAR, who has the answer to give to the referee. Times will be much faster than today,” added the Italian.
One such chart is what VAR judges will see: Photo: FIFA.
After the release of this new technology, hill responded to a criticism that has spread in the world of football: “It is not true that there will be robot referees. They will continue to be decisive. Semi-automatic offside will only be used when a disabled player touches the ball. If there is interference in the game, it will be the referee’s decision. “
Along the same lines, the head of UEFA arbitration, Roberto Rosettihe assured that “it provides them with invaluable support to make more precise and faster decisions, especially when the offside incident is very tight and difficult”.
It will also be at the World Cup
FIFA hopes this will be a successful test, then refined in the Champions League, in preparation for Qatar World Cup 2022. It aims to make referees’ decisions more reliable, after introducing the VAR during the World Cup in Russia.
Michele Oliver, The English judge in charge of imparting justice in Helsinki between the mighty Real Madrid and the surprising Eintracht Frankfurt of Rafael Santos Borré and Lucas Alario, will have this revolutionary technology at his disposal.
This further step, experienced during the Arabian Cup at the end of 2021 and then in the Club World Cup, tries to eliminate human error as much as possible, but without substituting the referees’ appreciation.
Source: Clarin
