The basic rules of football have been established for a very long time. Of course, they changed over time, but their essence remained the same. The last innovation, which happened just a year ago, is the appearance of two additional referees, who are called upon to determine whether a goal was scored in controversial situations. In other words, the recognition of a goal now depends on the human factor.
As practice shows, due to the human factor, this method of resolving controversial issues is not ideal. To date, additional referees have already made a number of mistakes that have influenced the outcomes of some important matches.
In order to improve the system for determining goals, several years ago, representatives of the International Football Federation began to think about the introduction of automatic devices. Such a system could work faultlessly offline. On July 5, fans of this innovation were awaited by good news - at a meeting in Zurich, FIFA supported this project, and its implementation will begin in the very near future.
What is an Automatic Head Identification System? How will it work? From a technical point of view, everything is simple here. A certain number of devices will be installed around the gate, which will create a magnetic field. At the same time, the balls will also undergo changes. Inside they will have an electronic device that, when the ball completely crosses the goal line, will send a special signal to the computer to count the goal.
The advantage of this system is that it can detect a goal with maximum accuracy. If the ball completely hits the goal, a corresponding signal will be sent to the special referee sensors. It is expected that after the introduction of this system, it will become much easier to referee matches.
Despite the approval from the Federation, the automatic goal detection system cannot be used right now - it has to pass a number of different laboratory tests and tests directly on the football field. The system is expected to be tested for the first time at the 2012 Club World Cup in Japan.
