Michael Oliver listens to Eduardo Camavinga’s statement, why? It was not for an offside, there was no controversy. AP photo
The setting and context have been defined, but the system of Semi-automatic offside technology (SAOT) went unnoticed at the Olympic Stadium in Milan Helsinki, Finlandwhere is it real Madrid Y EintrachtFrankfurt played the final of the European Super Cup. The first trophy of the 2022-23 season, which remained in the hands of the Spanish club, had no situations to resort to the VAR offside.
The revolutionary system will sanction an offside or, failing that, correct a wrong decision of the line judges, in just 25 seconds. The match that faced the champion of Champions League with that of Europa Leaguehe presented no reasons to see him in action: the participants were right and the main judge, the Englishman Michele Oliver, he shouldn’t have asked for help.
We will have to wait until next month, as in addition to working in all the World Cup matches in Qatar, he will be seen for the first time in the group stage of the Champions League which will be played between the first week of September and the first days of November. . In one of the six days with 32 teams, there will certainly be some plays that will allow SAOT to make its debut.
The main reason for the implementation of the system, 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 following the revision of the VAR.
FIFA referee director, Pierluigi Collina, gave details on its operation. “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.perfectly calculating the moment of the pass and the position of the players “, he explained.
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 valuable support to make more precise and faster decisions, especially when the offside incident is very tight and difficult”.
After introducing VAR during the World Cup in Russia, FIFA is now imposing this second innovation with the aim of making referees’ decisions more reliable.
Source: Clarin
