The Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) has addressed the disallowed objective by Robert Lewandowski within the thirteenth minute of the Actual Sociedad-Barcelona match.
Based on the committee, the VAR choice was correct and justified, with no errors in how the play was interpreted.
They confirmed that there was no confusion between gamers, notably between Nayef Aguerd and Lewandowski, as some could have thought.
The committee emphasised that they used further sources to make sure accuracy, together with reviewing the play with ten further cameras past these used for the usual broadcast.
This further effort was to verify the know-how, particularly the offside detection system, was working accurately.
How does SAOT work?
🚨💥 ¡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗔𝗢𝗧 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗱 – 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮!
▪️ El fuera de juego semiautomático 𝗛𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗢 a defensa y atacante.
❌ ¡El VAR ha representado la bota de Nayef como si fuese la de Lewandowski! pic.twitter.com/4HpGKqnp89
— Archivo VAR (@ArchivoVAR) November 10, 2024
The Semi-automatic offside know-how (SAOT) makes use of a community of 10 to 12 cameras positioned on the roof of the stadium to trace all gamers and the ball. These cameras aren’t related to the TV broadcast and are devoted to monitoring the on-field motion.
The high-frequency seize of the gamers’ actions by these cameras ensures that even the smallest shifts in positioning are accounted for, bettering the general velocity and accuracy of the offside willpower course of.
The combination of this know-how helps cut back human error and makes offside choices clearer and extra dependable. This know-how depends on the Hawk-Eye system, which is able to monitoring the gamers’ positions with exceptional precision.
The system captures 29 totally different factors on every participant’s physique as much as 50 occasions per second, permitting it to calculate their precise place on the sector.
The Hawk-Eye system ensures that any potential offside is recognized with nice accuracy, even when the margins are extraordinarily small.
This course of, whereas taking a number of seconds, helps keep away from errors, lowering the time taken to decide to round 25 seconds, although it may well take longer in sure conditions.