Arbitration had a starring role in Saudi Arabia's 2-1 victory over Argentina in the first surprise of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

As the referee canceled 3 goals for Argentina, for which a penalty kick was awarded - which the referees rarely count - from which Lionel Messi scored his country's only goal.

And the “semi-automatic infiltration” technique saved the Saudi national team by canceling 3 goals in the match that took place at Lusail Stadium - today, Tuesday - in Group C of the Qatar World Cup.

The excitement began after only 10 minutes, when Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic awarded a penalty kick to Argentina after referring to the video assistive technology “VAR” (VAR) in favor of Leandro Paredes, after grabbing and pulling from the shirt from Saud Abdel Hamid, from which Messi scored the goal of progress for Argentina.

However, with the replays, it appeared that the catch and the pull were very clear from the Saudi defender, but the secret behind the referee going to watch the arbitration case on the mouse screen is to make sure that the catch took place after the Argentine free kick was kicked, as if it had been done before it, it would not have been counted as a violation;

because the ball was not yet in play, but the referee could only apply administrative penalties;

such as expulsion and warning.

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In fact, the Saudi defender, like many defenders - especially in non-large leagues - committed the "scandalous" catch in this way.

Because he is used to him in matches without any violation being counted against him as a result of the weakness of the referees who are afraid to count these clear violations during the implementation of free kicks, or even corners sometimes.

In fact, the extreme firmness of the referees is mainly caused by the instructions of the Italian Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina - the former international referee who was famous for his firmness in managing matches - which is the basis for his evaluation of the referees, and the motive for many referees to imitate his "arbitral spirit", including Slavko Vincic, who might be a candidate to manage the World Cup final if he goes the same way.

Argentina scored 3 more goals in the first half, with a goal from Messi and a brace from Lautaro Martinez, but the referee canceled it due to offside.

Messi scored a goal in the 22nd minute, but the referee canceled it due to offside.

And it seemed that Martinez strengthened Argentina's superiority in the 27th minute, when he was alone with Al-Awais and hit the ball over him, but the video referee canceled the goal due to offside.

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And the Saudi offside trap succeeded again in front of another goal from Martinez in the 34th minute.

And all these goals are canceled thanks to the semi-automatic offside technique that is used for the first time in the World Cup, and the decision is issued with great accuracy to the mouse room within a few seconds, and the referee must wait and not resume playing in all goals, until the technology confirms that there is no offside.

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The new technology works by installing 12 advanced and specialized cameras under the ceiling of the stadium - with the aim of tracking the movement of the ball - and these cameras will be able to track up to 29 different data points on the body of each player while he is only 0.5 seconds behind in live play, which speeds up the process. Decision-making, and provides higher accuracy in determining the state of infiltration or not.

The opening match of the World Cup between Qatar and Ecuador witnessed the cancellation of the first goal in the history of the World Cup, using the new semi-automatic offside technique.