The Premier League follows, and the innovation will soon come in Germany.
Master Manchester City starts: The English Premier League introduces the semi -automatic offside technology for the 32nd matchday of the current season. The first game with the innovation announced on April 1 will be the defending champion against Crystal Palace on Saturday (1.30pm/Sky).
According to Premier League, the technology “the speed, efficiency and coherence” increases the decision -making. She celebrated her premiere at top level at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and she is already used in the English FA Cup.
In Germany, semi -automatic offside technology is to be introduced at the new season. It is already used in Italy, Spain and the Champions League.
It automates key elements of the decision -making process in offside situations and is intended to support the video assistant (VAR). In addition, a more efficient placement of the virtual offside line is made possible.
In the FA Cup it was not without problems. With the round of 16 between Bournemouth and Wolverhampton (5: 4 IE), she caused an interruption of eight (!) Minutes. Finally, the referees had to use manually drawn lines to check a hit by Milos Kerkez for Bournemouth. According to FA, the problem was due to the “crowded” penalty area.