I have a hard time with all this new technology in football, but it is mainly because it takes the immediate joy away from when someone scores - you are just waiting for VAR to pop up.
And it also makes the assistant referee (linesman) not call out clear offsides, in order to keep the game going, so they can call it back, if the linesman was incorrect in his decision.
Which creates this mistrust in the game you are watching, that everything is malleable.
The worst example for me, was Germany vs. Denmark in the Euros this year, the weirdest game I have ever seen (and not just because of the crazy rain and thunder).
Danmark scores, but it gets pulled back because of semi-automated offside, that can only be seen with technology. 2 minutes later, unintentional handball in the penalty box seen by using handball technology. Penalty to Germany and the rest is history.
Both decisions are technically correct, but no human eye could see it and it makes you question, both the rules of offside and handball in the penalty box.
Anyway, I too enjoy FC. Barcelona, it is nice to see they are finally back and Lamine Yamal is just a joy to watch.
Also I have heard that they are experimenting with VAR Challenges, like in Tennis, so you have a certain amount of challenges you can take in a game. Which I find very exciting and a lot more playful than what we currently have.
Lastly I have stopped caring about what technology Sony and Microsoft puts out and how they use it, but I still have high hopes for Nintendo to surprise me - they are the FC Barcelona of game technology ;)
Great post as always, really enjoy reading these.
I have a hard time with all this new technology in football, but it is mainly because it takes the immediate joy away from when someone scores - you are just waiting for VAR to pop up.
And it also makes the assistant referee (linesman) not call out clear offsides, in order to keep the game going, so they can call it back, if the linesman was incorrect in his decision.
Which creates this mistrust in the game you are watching, that everything is malleable.
The worst example for me, was Germany vs. Denmark in the Euros this year, the weirdest game I have ever seen (and not just because of the crazy rain and thunder).
Danmark scores, but it gets pulled back because of semi-automated offside, that can only be seen with technology. 2 minutes later, unintentional handball in the penalty box seen by using handball technology. Penalty to Germany and the rest is history.
Both decisions are technically correct, but no human eye could see it and it makes you question, both the rules of offside and handball in the penalty box.
Anyway, I too enjoy FC. Barcelona, it is nice to see they are finally back and Lamine Yamal is just a joy to watch.
Also I have heard that they are experimenting with VAR Challenges, like in Tennis, so you have a certain amount of challenges you can take in a game. Which I find very exciting and a lot more playful than what we currently have.
Lastly I have stopped caring about what technology Sony and Microsoft puts out and how they use it, but I still have high hopes for Nintendo to surprise me - they are the FC Barcelona of game technology ;)