Fifa validated on Friday the use during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, of “semi-automatic offside”, a tool intended to speed up and make refereeing decisions more reliable, after having introduced video assistance during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
This additional step, tested during the Arab Cup at the end of 2021 and then during the Club World Cup, makes it possible to establish the position of the players and the ball at any time, facilitating the detection of offsides without however replacing the judgment of the referees.
