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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.
FIFA said last month it was continuing to review the offside law and planned to test technology that would allow for “semi-automatic” decisions to limit the need for long waits for VAR reviews.
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.
“The automated offside I think will be ready for 2022,” Wenger, FIFA’s head of football development, told FIFA’s Living Football TV. (Agencies) page 9
FIFA said last month it was continuing to review the offside law and planned to test technology that would allow for “semi-automatic” decisions to limit the need for long waits for VAR reviews.
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.
“The automated offside I think will be ready for 2022,” Wenger, FIFA’s head of football development, told FIFA’s Living Football TV. (Agencies) page 9
