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At
today's opening match between Brazil and Croatia, the referees will be
wearing smartwatches that read "GOAL" and vibrate when a team scores.
No, it's not punishment for the infamous Frank Lampard disallowed goal
of 2010. It's part of a new "unhackable" goal line detection system, the
first to ever be used in the World Cup.
According
to FIFA, this closed-loop system includes seven incredibly high-speed
cameras—that snap 500 shots per second—positioned around both goals, at
each of Brazil's 12 World Cup stadiums. These cameras can measure the
position of the ball every two milliseconds according to the GoalControl,
the German company that makes it. "When the ball passes the goal line,
all referees receive in less than 1 second a vibration- and optical
signal at their watches," the company explains.
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FIFa
has historically resisted goal-line detection systems, which use
cameras and sensors to determine when a goal is good or not. But it's
reconsidered its stance in the years since the last World Cup, where a
referee wrongly disallowed a goal
made by England's Frank Lampard in a game against Germany, which
England ended up losing. The uproar over the bad call apparently made
FIFA reconsider—and it's been testing GoalControl's 4D detection system
in the years since.
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