persuasion : Between interdict Ronaldo ’s goal - snatching antics and eradicating the VAR await meter , new technology has been a World Cup highlight
It bump in a matter of seconds . frolic had even resume before the TV coverage finished showing the action replay of the incident . It was VAR , but not as we know it .
It happened at a critical instant during the US vs Iran game . Just prior to half - time , United States hitter Tim Weah had broken clear of the Iranian back line and sedately slot past the keeper . But the delight was short - know . The flag went up for offside .
The TV producer like a shot curve to a slow movement action replay , and the offside determination take care ever so tight . We ’ve seen it a thousand time before since VAR was introduced in 2018 . Then something completely foreign to beleaguered Premier League fans go on .
The determination had been confirmed as correct and the game had restarted before the TV directors could even resume the live insurance coverage . No second - long hold , nor fiddling about with pausing footage and shift line willy-nilly .
I received a few schoolbook commenting on the “ firm VAR ever ! ” and was able-bodied to direct chum to this article I wrote forTrusted Reviewsin June . The gist ? Theonly solution to the VAR nightmarewas more VAR .
This was the newfangled semi - automated offside technology – which apply cameras and sensors placed all the elbow room around the stadium to make a precise film of the location of all players on the full field of battle – working to perfection .
The fleur-de-lis went up and the decision was sustain a few seconds later .
It give me Bob Hope that VAR might cease to be the secret plan - wipe out monstrosity it ’s been since the introduction at the last World Cup . My only complaint is that we were n’t in reality shown the computer - generated graphic for this particular incident to give watcher the conclusive trial impression it in reality was offside .
However , if the referee supporter ’s job once again becomes to put up his or her flag when they consider the dysphemistic player is offside ( as it always was ) andthenhave the decision confirm ( rather than made ) by VAR , it would facilitate to pass those awful here and now when the joy of celebrating a destination is avoid by a VAR hold . Or more importantly , put an end to our unwillingness to celebrate a end just in character .
No-go for Ronaldo
It was the 2d supremely successful use of the Modern World Cup technology in as many Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Monday ’s was even more solid .
As notorious goal - snatcher Cristiano Ronaldo roll away in celebration during Portugal ’s biz against Uruguay , lay claim he run into Bruno Fernandes hybridize with his head , the worldly concern jointly yelled : “ He did n’t touch that ! ” so loudly , it could be heard on the International Space Station .
FIFA tally , quickly crediting what would have been a phonograph recording - equalling goal for Piers Morgan ’s mate , to Fernandes . The ice on the patty was Adidas confirming he did n’t get a touch on the ball , thanks to the tops sensitive sensors they ’ve place within the new Lucille Ball being used at the World Cup .
It ’s begin a 500Hz IMU sensor with Connected Ball Technology that can produce a graph exchangeable to the snickometer used in cricket . That flatlined when Ronnie attempt to get his neatly snip fringe on the ball . smart as a whip clobber .
The ball manufacturer rubbed it in with an talkative statement : “ In the mate between Portugal and Uruguay , using the Connected Ball Technology domiciliate in Adidas ’s Al Rihla Official Match Ball , we are able to definitively show no contact on the glob from Cristiano Ronaldo for the gap goal in the game . No external military unit on the ball could be measured as show by the lack of ‘ flash ’ in our measurements and in the connected graphic ” .
In a World Cup that ’s been making headline for all the amiss cause , it ’s nice to see engineering is a positive addition to the proceedings . All I can say is , it ’s a upright thing technical school was n’t around a few years ago when Harry Kane swore on his daughter ’s life he touched the clod in similar circumstances , when he was chasing the Premier League golden the boot …
