BEIJING, December 2 (Xinhua) question: will the high-tech penalty accurate to “body hair level” destroy football?
Reporter Wang Hao
“VAR destroyed the football.”
After the opening of the World Cup in Qatar, “famous mouth” Huang Jianxiang once expressed this view. When the group match was coming to an end, the controversy over VAR technology appeared again in the key match between Japan and Spain, which made this statement more and more hotly discussed.
Whether the VAR and door line technologies that have been widely used, or the semi-automatic offside recognition system that has entered the World Cup for the first time, the technology accurate to the “body hair level” enters the football match, what on earth did you give this sports belt?
Controversy
in the final round of Japan’s match against Spain in the Qatar World Cup group match, the Japanese team won with a 2:1 reversal. The anti-surpass goal scored by Japanese players was signaled by the referee to get out of the bottom line first. However, VAR confirmed that the goal was not out of bounds and the goal was effective. This goal also directly determined the team’s qualifying situation. This result made many fans dissatisfied.
This is not the first time that VAR has caused controversy in Qatar World Cup. In the previous match between Croatia and Belgium, Croatia won penalty kick, but after VAR confirmation, the referee decided that Croatia was offside and canceled penalty kick, this also aroused the doubts of the fans.
When it comes to offside, there are many stories about it in this World Cup. Semi-Automatic offside recognition system makes it difficult for some naked eyes to judge the offside of “body hair level” to be recognized. For example, in the first round of the group match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, Argentina’s three goals were invalid due to offside, which can be said to directly change the result of the match.
“We should not tolerate the absolute and fair shield of using high-tech armor. It is still under the procedure that people make decisions, but we cannot criticize if we make mistakes, I don’t even know who criticized the arrogance of power.” Huang Jianxiang’s words can represent the views of many people. They think that behind the appearance of high technology, it is still people who make punishments, which cannot guarantee fairness.
In addition, after the players scored many goals in this World Cup, the referee confirmed that the goal was invalid after VAR, which undoubtedly affected the smoothness of the game. Part of the long time to make up for the Qatar World Cup is caused by frequent viewing of VAR. From the perspective of the audience, it is indeed very unfriendly.
Good Effect
In addition, “Let the competition lack drama” is another reason why many people oppose these “body hair level” new technologies. The most obvious example is “the hand of God”. In today’s technological environment, the omission of Maradona’s “Hand of God” is almost impossible to reappear.
Maradona hand of God
interestingly, “Hand of God” is also used by another group of people to support the introduction of new technologies: If you are an English player, do you still think “the hand of God” is interesting?
England suffered losses on such issues more than once. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, in the match between England and Germany, after Lampard shot, the ball had already crossed door line as a whole, but he was finally sentenced to an invalid goal. Such a situation is almost impossible to reappear in today’s competition that introduces door line technology.
In the match between Japan and Spain in Qatar World Cup, Joe Cole, a former England international who participated in the World Cup in South Africa, said: VAR technology made Germany pay a price, I have no sympathy for Germany.
On December 2, Beijing time, the third round of Group E in the Qatar World Cup group match was played by Costa Rica against Germany. It is worth mentioning that this competition consists of three female referees, among which Stephanie frapat from France is the referee of this competition. This is the first female referee in the history of the World Cup, and it is also the first time in the history of the World Cup to adopt the law enforcement competition of the female referee Group. In the first half, the German team led by one goal. In the second half, the Costa Rica team scored two consecutive goals to reverse the score. Later, haverz mezked twice and Phil Kruger locked in the victory. In the end, Germany defeated Costa Rica 4:2 and ranked third in the group. Two consecutive World Cups were eliminated in the group stage. The picture shows the moment when German players (white) scored the third goal.
On December 2, Beijing time, the third round of Group E in the Qatar World Cup group match was played by Costa Rica against Germany. The picture shows the moment when German players (white) scored the third goal.
Maybe Joe Cole can represent the ideas of many professional players. Every key penalty in such an important Stadium as the World Cup may affect the result of the match, thus affecting the final result of the team. For the players, of course, they hope that more and more skills will assist the referee to judge the penalty in order to pursue a closer objective result.
For fans who pursue “drama” in the game, if every “dramatic” wrong penalty result is not good for the team they support, so is this “drama” still what you want? Perhaps, “drama” will be renamed “tragic” at this time.
In the future
it seems that people who support and oppose these “body hair level” technologies to enter the stadium have their own reasons. So are there really irreconcilable contradictions in their views? Not really.
First of all, technology has entered stadium, which is an almost irreversible trend. Not limited to football item, tennis, basketball, volleyball, badminton and other projects have more or less appeared scientific and technological means to help the referee to judge, and the effect is good.
Take tennis as an example, the eagle eye technique in the competition may have a great influence on the result of the player’s serve link, and the existence of this technique makes misjudgment easier to be found. The guarantee of science and technology for the fairness of the competition and the appreciation of broadcasting is objective.
Of course, the technology currently applied in the field of sports events is far from perfect “. For example, if the controversial offside judgment of “body hair level” conforms to the rules of football, there may still be a lot of room for discussion. However, if there is some adjustment in the future, it will not be difficult for the technology itself.
What many people oppose is not the technology itself, but the current shortcomings of this technology. Many of these deficiencies can be continuously improved in applications.
In addition, there have been frequent debates about VAR in Qatar World Cup, whose essence is the debate about referee’s penalty. Because VAR is only used as an auxiliary means, it is still people who ultimately decide the penalty result. This question has nothing to do with technology itself, but should be attributed to “how to reduce the misjudgment of judges”, “how to ensure the absolute objectivity of judges” and “how to improve the business level of judges through rewards and punishments”.
Before the opening of the World Cup in Qatar, many fans talked about the technical content of the World Cup. Unexpectedly, there were so many disputes in the competition. Perhaps, this is the pain that people will inevitably experience in pursuing the development of football under the background of the rapid development of science and technology. (Finished)
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