World Cup Teams on Alert As FIFA Chief Pierluigi Collina Welcomes New VAR Technology for Qatar

• Pierluigi Collina welcomes new VAR technology for the 2022 World Cup, saying it will aid in quicker and more accurate decisions
• Fifa continues in its effort to ensure officiating at the global showpiece in Qatar is less controversial and new technology would be deployed
• It was gathered that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software will be activated to track players, while a sensor will be placed in the Adidas World Cup ball

Fifa will deploy a hi-tech semi-automatic technology to assist referees in making crucial decisions at the forthcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

It was gathered that Artificial Intelligence will be used to track players, with the chairman of FIFA's Referees' Committee, Pierluigi Collina, stating that decisions will come faster with more accuracy.

Mirror reports that the world’s football governing body will deploy the technology in Qatar this winter as the AI software will track players, while a sensor will be placed in the Adidas World Cup ball.

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Former World Cup referee Collina, Chairman of FIFA’s Referees Committee, said:

“We will be faster, we will be more accurate and these are the objectives of the semi-automatic technology."

He added:

“If we look at other sports, I don’t want to give other sports as examples because we are brave enough to be leaders, but if we look at other experiences the time needed to make a decision is lived by everybody: players, coaches, spectators in a very normal way."

Supercomputer predicts winner of 2022 World Cup

Meanwhile, a supercomputer has made a bold declaration on the nation that will win the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.

The piece of technology that specializes in predicting outcomes of tournaments has tipped France to retain the title of World Champions once again.

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The prediction was done using an algorithm which simulated the entire tournament at least 1000 times with varying outcomes. From the simulation, France was ranked as the most likely winner, with a 17.93% probability.

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