FIFA is considering video evidence for all divisions.
However, coaches, players and referees from the Freising district are skeptical.
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- calibrated offside lines, slow motion, automated goal line technology: today's professional football is full of digital aids.
In the 1st Bundesliga, the "Video Assistant Referee" - VAR for short - was introduced in the 2017/18 season.
To the displeasure of some football purists, who were left with the amateur area as the last bastion.
There the VAR only plays an indirect role when a kicker criticizes a controversial decision by drawing a square in the air.
But this could also be shaken in the future.
The FIFA Working Group for Innovation recently held a meeting - and one thing was high on the agenda: a so-called “VAR light”, a slimmed-down version of video evidence technology that is to be made possible for all divisions.
Cheaper systems should also be available outside of the professional business.
Based on tests by the Asian, French and European associations, FIFA intends to make a recommendation for the next steps to implement the concept.
The timing is still unclear, however.
The year 2022 is in the room.
"The system would have to do the work of five people."
It is still possible to speculate which technologies the VAR light could contain.
However, since the working group is also discussing a revision of the offside technology, it stands to reason that automatic offside detection will be fine-tuned.
At least that would be right for Michael Kopp from the district classics FC Neufahrn: “There are annoying offside decisions.
You would want help from the referees, ”said the midfielder.
The problem, reports referee Jochen Jürgens from SV Marzling: “The teams play with chains, and the strikers often lurk on the offside line.
Making the right decision here is incredibly difficult. "
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Michael Kopp (FC Neufahrn player): “There are annoying offside decisions.
One would like help for the referees. "
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Can technology help?
Jürgens is skeptical: First of all, the technical requirements have to be right.
Many places are not fully illuminated, but must be fully visible for video evidence.
Then it is important to find a good camera position.
But that's not all: “In the Bundesliga, six people are involved in the decision-making process and they can provide advice.
We referees in the lower leagues are alone.
The system would have to do the work of five people. "
Willi Kalichman, the coach of FC Neufahrn, sees it similarly: “Even in the Bundesliga, despite VAR, we keep making wrong decisions.
I don't want to know how that would look at our level. ”In addition, the devices also have to be operated:“ Some referees are older and then maybe a little unfamiliar with the technology. ”Jürgens also fears that numerous training courses and a lot of persuasion will be necessary would be to convince the referees.
Instead, Kalichman advocates using the VAR light only for simple things: "I think a system could take over uncomplex decisions - for example when it comes to goal or no goal." Jürgens also says: "If we can do goal-line technology, I would be an absolute advocate. ”He would also be happy to be able to expose swallow kings via video evidence:“ You are now adept at turning around to provoke a penalty.
Correcting that would make the game fairer. "
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Jochen Jürgens (referee): "If the goal-line technique can be done with us, then I would be an absolute advocate."
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Christian Hobmeier, coach of the district class club TSV Au, is against the introduction of video evidence: “In the Bundesliga, I think the video evidence is basically good.
But we in amateur sport don't earn anything from football, it's not about livelihoods for us.
Whether we play in the district league or in the district class in Au is not decisive for the war. ”Instead, Hobmeier calls for more courage to take a gap:“ Just as we sometimes cannot stop a ball, our referees are of course not at Bundesliga level either - and that is totally okay. "
More acceptance for the referees?
Hobmeier saw a great advantage in only one point: the video evidence could increase acceptance for the referees.
FCN footballer Michael Kopp also sees it this way: "We players would probably get upset less if we knew that there was technical help behind it." It seems unsafe to look at a scene.
That could lead to the fact that ultimately you tend to lose acceptance. "
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Christian Hobmeier (TSV Au trainer): "Just as we sometimes cannot stop a ball, our referees are of course not at Bundesliga level either."
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So there are still all sorts of questions to be answered about how FIFA envisions implementation.
However, there is one thing that players and coaches agree on: It would certainly lose a little charm.
Jürgens takes a more pragmatic view: “We didn't have any technical assistance with my first car either - and today we're happy to have parking assistance.
Technology can help us get better.
But everything has to work for that. ”However, the attitude is much more important, says Kalichman:“ In life you have to learn to accept decisions - whether from the boss, from the wife or from the referee.
Sebastian Bergsteiner
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