What happened last night was not allowed in the goal bamba in bleated to The 63 minutes of the match once again put on the table the eternal debate about the need or not for goal scoring technology in the Spanish League. Room VOR where I was yesterday Eduardo Prieto He analyzes the action until he finally deems it invalid when he realizes that the ball has not completely crossed the goal line.
Rafael Benitezcoach of the Galician club, later complained in the press room: “when the fourth referee told me that there was no goal technology, I was amazed. I never thought that LaLiga did not have this technology. I find it incredible that The league The Spanish do not have the technology of the goal, which should have any serious competition at a certain level.
The explanation appears every time this type of situation occurs, which happens strangely. He only appeared last season Bleeding with the ball already Jan Oblak took the line. A Atlético de Madrid who have experienced something similar to Metropolitan Stadium on the occasion of the visit of Villarreal at the beginning of the season. Then it was a ball that the then goalkeeper of the yellow submarine took Rulli and that VAR He decided that the ball did not go in. Catch the ball before it crosses the goal line.
And why doesn’t the League have goal technology or the so-called “Hawkeye”?
It is worth starting by saying that it is Hawk Eyethe technology provider of VAR in Spain since the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, one of the two companies approved by FIFA and UEFA to apply this technology in all competitions that request it. This is the case of the Champions League or the English Premier League where they are used.
But it is also worth knowing that in order to apply it to our League, it is necessary to have a license. FIFA with a cost of more than 2 million euros for the 380 matches that the Spanish First Division has every season. A value that, if faced, would have to be fully assumed by the Professional Football League. This is a dilemma that has been shown in our country some time before the implementation of VAR In our country.
Then the employers decided not to carry out this cost because they had a program like mediacoach, has the ability to use this technology, but the approval of FIFA This represents a cost that will exceed 3 million euros.
Furthermore, the experience of all these periods has shown that this technology is rarely used and does not justify its high investment. Last season was the best example. Because its cost will double if this technology is also to be implemented in Second division spanish Of the 420 games that make up the competition. This means an almost doubling of costs, exceeding 4 million euros. To all this, we must add the costs obtained from adapting the stadiums to this technology by installing the 14 cameras necessary for its proper use and only a few stadiums have it.
In Spain There is only one precedent for using this technology. It was in the Spanish Super Cup held in 2020 in Saudi Arabia. On that occasion, the RFEF used it in three games in support of Hawk Eye, in its capacity as Spain’s new VAR provider at the time. In fact, the RFEF is responsible for all costs of its use. However, since then he never used it again.
Japan’s goal against Spain in the final World Cup in Qatar
certainly Spain It had the use of goal technology in the last World Cup in Qatar. It was Tanaka’s goal that was preceded by a cross Myth where the ball appears to have crossed the baseline. The decision to prove it is based on the objective technology available to FIFA thanks for “Haw Eye”.
On that day, up to twelve cameras were used to see if the ball completely crossed the line. And among these cameras is the goal line camera which is usually placed on the visor of the stadium or similar and allows the drawing of a virtual line that does not have to match the location of the goalposts because they sometimes, in through their own network pressure, they are minimally displaced. Although this camera is primarily used for objective technology, it can be used for this type of action.
And it must be this camera that determines that the ball has not completely passed the baseline. This is regardless of camera technology GOR that they also did not confirm that the ball crossed the goal line.
Waiting for semi-automatic offside
The league still waiting for the tender to be re-tendered VAR for the next three seasons, is currently suspended, and prevents the semi-automatic offside technology from being implemented in the Spanish League. A technology that is very useful and also requires the adaptation of all stadiums with cameras to be implemented.
Source: La Verdad
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