That is the message from The International Football
Association Board (The IFAB), the organisation that determines the laws of
football.
Offside decisions using VAR at present take up to four
minutes.
The technology aims to cut the decision down to three or
four seconds by providing faster information.
Chelsea were the first English Premier League (EPL) side to
experience the technology during the FIFA Club World Cup in February.
This was just two months after the initial semi-automated
system made its debut.
The IFAB continues in its discussions with FIFA as to the
implementation of the upgraded VAR system, with the aim to utilise the offside
technology at the upcoming World Cup in November.
“It looks very good and very promising,” FIFA president
Gianni Infantino told a news conference on Monday.
“Our experts are looking into [the trials] before we take a
decision on whether it will be used for the World Cup or not.”
FIFA’s head of refereeing Pierluigi Collina, added: “My
personal opinion is that I’m very confident we can go ahead with this.
“We want to achieve accuracy, quicker decisions, also more
accepted decisions.
“We have seen in matches where the semi-automated offside
was implemented (and) these objectives were achieved.
“It uses the same process as goal-line technology, and we
have seen (that) that is very well accepted by the football community. Nobody
comments on this.
“We are confident that the same reaction, in terms of
acceptance, can be given to the semi-automated offside.”
The Premier League in England is expected to introduce the
technology, if successful at the World Cup, in the 2023/2024 season.
Trials are also in the works to give attacking players the
advantage in offside situations, with Collina revealing the rules are under
consideration.
“We are considering that a very marginal offside is not that
relevant to be punished in modern football,” Collina added.
“So, we are running this experiment. Unfortunately, the
competitions where these trials were allowed were suspended or abandoned for
almost two years due to the pandemic.
“So, now we have tests going on in [youth football] in the
Netherlands, in Italy and in Sweden and certainly we will come to conclusions
once we have evidence and figures from these trials.”
The IFAB also confirmed it was investigating how to reduce
time-wasting, with the ball usually in action for just 54 minutes of a
90-minute match.(dpa/NAN)
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