A press release today, Wednesday, said that the International Football Association at its meeting in Doha next Monday will determine its decision regarding the introduction of “linear robots” technology in the matches of the 2022 World Cup.
The British newspaper The Sun confirmed that the FIFA International Football Association has completed preparations to test the new technology at the next World Cup in light of efforts by Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, to improve the World Cup norm.
Gianni Infantino discussed the use of a “semi-automatic infiltration system” which uses 10 cameras to track 29 physical points for each player and was first used in the Club World Cup which was won by Liverpool and this technology was also used in the last Arab Cup which was held in four of the eight World Cup stadiums in Doha.
The FIFA leadership is expected to make a decision on the idea of a new robotic flag judge during the annual general meeting of the governing body of the International Federation.
And The Sun pointed out that former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina, head of the FIFA Referee Committee, criticizes the use of the term “offside robot” and believes that referees and assistants are still responsible for making decisions on the field, and technology only gives them help make faster and more accurate decisions, especially when offside decisions are difficult to make.
