The Euro Cup balls have a geolocation chip incorporated to accurately detect their position in the event of controversial plays in which there is doubt as to whether they cross the line or not, and also to reflect the intensity with which the ball is hit, including the hands.
It was this lie detector that determined that Openda had touched the ball with his hand in the play that led to Lukaku’s tying goal against Slovakia, which was later annulled. Thanks to this sensor, the referee was able to determine that there had been a touch by the Belgian striker with his hand and, after considering that he was voluntary, decided to annul the action. In Belgium there has been quite a stir about the system.
Television image of the exact moment in which Openda touched the ball with his hand.
The curious thing is that this evolution is transferred to television production through a graph that shows, almost like a polygraph, the way in which the intensity of someone’s touch on the ball is produced. A whole revolution that reaches homes immediately to the most controversial plays.
“The ball has a chip that transmits to a computer in the VOR room and which records all the touches. They put that detector so that people know that any touch of the head, foot… is picked up by the chip. Above all, for offsides and deciding whether a player intercepts the ball or not,” Iturralde explained in Carrusel.
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2024-06-18 11:45:27
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