This week in football fans in this country will experience the future of VAR for the first time.
No more waiting around while the officials spend minutes drawing lines on the bottom of Harry Kane’s shirt sleeve — is that about right? No, no, down a bit, that’ll do — to find out if he is a few inches beyond the last defender.
After four years of development, nearly 300 matches of testing, the new semi-automated offside technology will launch officially in the Champions League group stages before being used at the World Cup this winter.
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The semi-automated offside technology has been tested in 300 matches in the last four years
Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool kick off their campaigns in Europe’s elite competition away from home but Tottenham welcome Marseille where limb-tracking cameras inside the stadium will make tight offside calls quicker and clearer.
But as football welcomes a