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Fractured cheek bone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cnkkk8qng7lo

Technology in football continuously evolves, improving the overall experience for everyone over time. Think things like HD, UHD, HDR TV transmission, goal line tech, offside detection, the list goes on and on. For our corner of the internet, we're most interested where it impacts reffing, which...

Unsurprisingly, it's quite complex, uses AI to make its decisions and still requires the human touch to finish the job. https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/39920409/premier-league-semi-automated-var-offside-all-need-know

I think I'm with everyone here in wishing Hungarian player Barnabas Varga a speedy recovery from his awful injury this evening with the game against Scotland. It still hasn't been reported in what way he was injured, but it's clearly quite serious...

Improbable, captain.

And don't forget that the coin isn't pefectly symmetrical and weighted, either. The fact it has different designs on each side makes that inevitable regardless of any other factor. The differences are small though.

I like it. The FinalWhistle approvez. 😎

Oh yes, quite. Pitches tend to be in much better condition nowadays at the big stadiums.

It could land edge on in soft mud. Now that would be interesting lol.

It's a subtle difference, but makes the picking up of the coin just a post process "tidying up" exercise rather than part of the process which might make for a small psychological difference, perhaps. And the FW approvez of this boring thread.😎

Sweet, but naughty for resurrecting an old thread! Oh, hang on, it's my one. 😛

Ok thankyou. In that case, why was it ever awarded as an own goal I wonder. As you say, this is simplified, so I wonder how they worked it out. I find reffing situations like this fascinating and that's why I'm a member here. 🙂

I see that the own goal by Schar at 12 minutes got changed to a McTominay goal, but I can't see the logic of that. McTominay's shot was on target, but was going to pass fairly close to the keeper, who might well have saved it. However, Schar's attempt to stop the ball with his foot massively...

I like the quick offside decisions with the new technology. Big improvement.

I'm in favour of VAR since improving decision accuracy is critical despite a few high profile gaffs, so I'm happy with this decision. Here's a couple of articles on this decision...