Dunno if anyone else knew this was happening but it seemed like it's gone under the radar a bit.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37253102
About time IMO.
Anyone else a fan of video replays eventually being brought into football?
Video Replays used last night
posted on 2/9/16
Great idea
posted on 2/9/16
Any clips of the incident that they used it for last night, to see how long it too and how it was used etc?
posted on 2/9/16
I dunno, but it says:
"You could see that the referee stopped play for a couple of seconds and during those seconds the two referees in the truck verified that there was no penalty," Infantino told Italy's Rai TV.
posted on 2/9/16
Compared to other global sports football is operating in the dark ages. The officials need help. Embracing the technology of the 21st century is a no brainer as far as I'm concerned.
posted on 2/9/16
I know it was definitely used in the Italy vs France match yesterday.
posted on 2/9/16
The referees will get worse and worse, and nesh out of making any important decisions for themselves.
Tried to get into the Rugby World Cup, they literally didn't make a decision themselves, everything went to the video ref, even when you could hear the referee saying he thinks it was out but wan't it 'confirming'.
As long as the rules are clear, on what can and cannot be looked at on video, and it's consistent then okay, give it a go.
posted on 2/9/16
All for it, but only if it is done quickly as per the couple of seconds last night.
There will be many issues to iron out? For example, where do the refs stop the play and what kind of incidents should they use this for.
posted on 2/9/16
For goals, offside decisions, penalty decisions, etc. Happy for that
Nothing else
posted on 2/9/16
When refs go to video replay it means they're bottling the decision making part of their job.
When refs don't go to video replay it means they're arrogant w@nks or favour one team over the other.
posted on 2/9/16
Where do you stop for offside though?
If a midfielder plays a through ball and the striker may or may not be a few inches offside, defenders put their arms up, linesman flags, striker contests decision, then what?
Do we have to let every play continue until the ball is out of play to see if he would've scored or not?