Wenger: FIFA ready to use automated offside calls at Qatar World Cup
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FIFA s chief of football development Arsene Wenger has said it will be ready to implement an automated system for offside calls at next year s World Cup in Qatar.
However, Wenger said he supported the automated offside technology, which directly informs a referee s assistant if an incident is offside.
According to FIFA, semi-automated offside technology provides VAR with additional information before the referee makes the final call.
Automated offsides could be in place for 2022 World Cup Arsene Wenger
By The Athletic Staff
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FIFA could introduce an automated system to judge offsides for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to Arsene Wenger.
Wenger, who is now FIFA’s chief of global football development, wants a fully automated system introduced.
How would the system work and is it feasible?
A fully automated system would notify the assistant referee when a player is offside. The system uses automated ball detection, limb-tracking and further algorithms, along with help from artificial intelligence, to produce a three-dimensional model of a player’s position to make a decision.
Wernger has told
FIFA’s Living Football show: “The automated offside I think will be ready for 2022. Automated means it goes directly from the signal to the linesman and the linesman has on his watch a red light that tells him offside or not offside.
“At the moment we have situations where the players are on lines to see if they are offside or not. On average, the time we have to wait is around 70 seconds, sometimes one minute 20 seconds, sometimes a little bit longer when the situation is very difficult to appreciate.
“It is so important because we see many celebrations are cancelled after that for marginal situations and that s why I believe it is a very important step.
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