Athletes reveal amendments to the arbitration laws..and confirm:
The "robot referee" and the Arab public ... the new Qatar World Cup 2022
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Athletes revealed that the “robot referee” technology, and the expected heavy presence of the Arab public in the 2022 Qatar World Cup matches, which will be held from November 20 to December 18, represent the most prominent developments that are recorded for the first time in the history of the World Cup finals.
The athletes told «Emirates Today»: «The arrival of the World Cup for the first time in the Middle East region, and during the winter, is one of the prominent factors in enhancing the presence of the Arab public, to be the largest in the history of the World Cup finals».
They added: «The most prominent factor in the variables that register their presence for the first time in the World Cup from the Qatar 2022 gate, appears mainly in the match management laws, with the first appearance of the (robot referee) technology for detecting offside traps using advanced technological techniques, within five variables and amendments to Laws related to arbitration and matches.
5 amendments to the World Cup arbitration laws
The former UAE World Cup referee, Issa Darwish, referred to the five main amendments to the arbitration laws that will appear for the first time in the World Cup finals from the 2022 World Cup portal.
Darwish said: “Since my last appearance in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, there have always been attempts by the International Federation, to introduce changes that are in the interest of football, in the same way that we are witnessing in the 2022 World Cup, which records for the first time in the history of the World Cup finals the emergence of five amendments in football.” The arbitration laws, most notably the (robot referee) or (line man) technology, which is much faster than the video assistant referee in detecting offside.
He explained, "This technology informs the video assistant referee (the mouse), through (infographics) and modern technology for cameras, tracking the players' limbs and the ball during movement, which are the main determinants for calculating offside."
He added, “The second amendment, which records his appearance for the first time in the World Cup, lies in the five substitutions in the matches, after testing them over the past years, especially after the (Corona) pandemic.” The participant instead of 35, and in turn allowed the existence of a fourth amendment related to the bench by allowing in the World Cup 2022 the presence of 15 players on the bench instead of 12 in the World Cup 2018, and thus the number of players in the match increased to 26 instead of 23 ».
And he continued: «The recent amendment in the laws relates to the positioning of the goalkeeper while the opposing team is paying a penalty kick, as it is required by law when the kick is taken, that the foot of the defending team's goalkeeper, or at least part of it, be in contact with or at the same level with the goal line».
He concluded, "Certainly, the World Cup will also record the emergence of the female element in managing matches, in light of the presence of three arena referees, and the same as line referees."
Technical differences in the group stage
The former Tunisian football star in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and sports analyst, Zubair Beyah, revealed that "the technical differences between the teams will be strongly present in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, and that the matches are likely to end with great results."
Bayah said: “The technical level of the group leagues in the 2022 World Cup will be lower than usual, compared to previous versions, for several reasons, most notably the impressive absences of influential stars due to the state of stress imposed by the compressed league schedules in various countries of the world, and caused the World Cup to be held for the first time.” The first in the winter.
He explained: “Although Qatar has a huge infrastructure of modern and air-conditioned stadiums capable of organizing an exceptional version of the World Cup even in the summer, the usual period for holding the World Cup finals, organizing it in the winter was one of its results, very compressed local and continental league schedules, and led to The appearance of this number of injuries to influential players will miss the teams of their countries in the World Cup.
Beyah pointed to the factor of injuries and effective absences, which will not be the only factor, in the emergence of technical differences and the poor level of many group league matches only, and he said: “The World Cup is out of schedule in the usual summer periods, and the consequent pressure on the league tables was one of its results, Many teams did not reach the required readiness, and thus the technical staff relied on group league matches, to increase the chances of homogeneity between the players.
Regarding the development of the “VAR” technology in the 2022 World Cup, compared to the previous version, Bey said: “The development of the assistant referee technique (VAR) must be associated with an increase in the factors of speed and accuracy in making arbitral decisions, but what we saw, finally, in the major continental leagues The decision-making process of referees, after referring to this technique, takes longer periods.
At the end of his speech, Bayah revealed the teams nominated for the title, and said: “The current circumstances open the door to the emergence of resounding surprises with the exit of the teams nominated for the title from the group league, and I believe that the birth of a new world champion is very promising in the current version.”
Arab wedding
The former Iraqi national team player in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Basil Korkis, confirmed that the holding of the World Cup finals for the first time in Qatar represents a golden opportunity for the Arab audience in large numbers to follow the strongest teams on the international scene, in a wedding that fans of the round witch awaits once every four years.
Korkis said: “The championship represents a long-awaited dream for the Arab public, not only because it is held on Arab soil, but also because the close geographical location allows a large presence of the Arab public to stand behind their country’s national teams, in addition to watching the strongest teams and matches on the world football arena. Given two main factors: the first is the ease of the travel system between Arab countries, and its lower costs compared to previous versions of the World Cup.
He explained: “Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup on stadiums that are the most modern in the world is a message to the whole world that the Arabs are able to organize major tournaments at the highest level of progress and development, and that football is the first popular game in the world and has a wide audience base in all Arab countries. The geographical location of Qatar facilitates the task of Arab masses traveling and attending the World Cup in large numbers, compared to the difficulties that communities and fans of Arab teams have always faced in their travel to stand behind their teams, in the same way as we saw in the World Cup Mexico in 1986, when the Iraqi, Moroccan and Algerian communities in the Americas had to travel long distances. To stand behind her country's national teams.
He added: «The Arab teams have their clear mark in the World Cup finals, but the most prominent features that the World Cup 2022 can shed light on, compared to previous versions of the World Cup finals, is to provide an opportunity for a wide segment of the global audience to watch the extent of the development of Arab football, through The ease of audience movement between neighboring stadiums hosting matches, and the possibility of attending more than one match in one day, which means that fans feel as if they are in a mini Olympic village, which was confirmed by the 2021 Arab Cup, which was held under the auspices of the International Football Association, and represented a final rehearsal for Qatar. before the World Cup.
5 new laws in the 2022 World Cup
The Qatar World Cup 2022 records, for the first time, the emergence of five new laws and amendments in managing matches, namely:
1- The “Robot rule” technology for intrusion detection.
2- The five substitutions of the national team in each match.
3- The delegation of the national team consists of 55 members instead of 35.
4- 15 players on the bench instead of 12, and a list that includes 26 players for the national team in the match.
5- The goalkeeper's position during the opposing team's penalty kick.
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