Pierluigi Collina has welcomed new VAR technology as an “important” moment for football.
FIFA have confirmed they will have hi-tech semi automatic offside decisions in place for the World Cup in Qatar this winter. The new-look technology will speed up decisions, use Artificial Intelligence software to track the players and a special sensor in the adidas World Cup ball.
Former World Cup referee Collina, Chairman of FIFA’s Referees Committee, said: “We will be faster, we will be more accurate and these are the objectives of the semi automatic technology.” FIFA have successfully trialed the technology and are now ready to take VAR to the next level with the idea of speeding up decisions from an average of 70 seconds to 25 seconds in matches.
