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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

Jul 1

BIG NEWS JUST IN!

FIFA has approved the use of its new Semi-Automated Offside Technology for VAR at the World Cup.

But what does this mean?

It should make offside much quicker and more accurate, with better visualisation through 3D animation. 1/5
espn.co.uk/football/fifa-…

Full details of how semi-automated offside works, including quotes from Pierluigi Collina. The good, and the bad.

- Quicker, more accurate
- Back to "toenail offsides"?
- 3D animation
- Spontaneous goal celebrations?
- Delayed flag?
- When in Prem?
2/5

espn.co.uk/football/fifa-…

Here's the key 3D animation for FIFA's Semi-Automated Offside Technology at the World Cup. It's:

- Automated by AI, no manual line drawing by the VAR
- Clear and easy to understand, like goal-line tech
- Issues of camera angle and perspective are removed
3/5

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

May 24

2021-22 VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 120
Rejected: 0
+Goals: 47
-Goals: 43
Pens: 38 (6 missed)
~for handball: 15
~overturned: 9
~retakes: 3
Disallowed offside: 32
Allowed after offside: 11
Disallowed handball: 3
Disallowed foul: 8
Reds: 13
~overturned: 3
espn.co.uk/football/engli…

VAR STATS (cont)

Season-on-season VAR frequency (overturns per game):

2021-22: 0.32
2020-21: 0.32
2019-20: 0.29

VAR overturns rejected by referee at monitor:

2021-22: 0
2020-21: 5
2019-20: 0

How the season-on-season VAR stats compare:

Goals added:
2021-22: 47
2020-21: 34
2019-20: 27

Goals disallowed:
2021-22: 43
2020-21: 42
2019-20: 56

Pens:
2021-22: 38 (6 missed)
2020-21: 29 (6 missed)
2019-20: 22 (9 missed)

Pens for handball:
2021-22: 15
2020-21: 12
2019-20: 7

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

May 23

It's time for the final Monday VAR Review of the season. Another quiet weekend, but we look at:

- The inconsistency of handball (one for Everton fans)
- Possible Wolves penalty at Liverpool
- Leicester's opening goal
- Leeds offside situations

espn.co.uk/football/engli…

Everton's Alex Iwobi conceded a penalty at Arsenal for handball.

It's a certain penalty to me, but Everton fans will look at the penalty they didn't get against Man City and roll their eyes.

It was further down the arm on Rodri.

Everton received an apology from PGMOL for that error. And of course because you a decision wrong it doesn't mean you should keep making the same mistake.

And it's fair to say that handball position is a problem in all leagues.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

May 22

AS IT STANDS
Champions League group stage draw, pot 1

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool or Ajax (UCL-TH place)
🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt (UEL-TH place)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
🇪🇸 Real Madrid
🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
🇵🇹 FC Porto

(league and European champions)

AS IT STANDS
Champions League group stage draw, pot 2

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool or Ajax (if not pot 2, then pot 1)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
🇪🇸 Barcelona
🇮🇹 Juventus
🇪🇸 Atletico Madrid
🇪🇸 Sevilla
🇩🇪 RB Leipzig
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham

Bottom 7 teams all locked in Pot 2

AS IT STANDS
Champions League group stage draw, pot 3

🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
🇦🇹 FC Salzburg
🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🇮🇹 Napoli
🇵🇹 Benfica (if qualify)
🇵🇹 Sporting CP
🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen

All locked bar Benfica. If fail to qualify, first to replace in pot 3:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Rangers

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

Apr 11

It's time for the Monday VAR thread, which this week seems to be more about offside than anything else...

Including:
- Arsenal goal vs. Brighton
- Man City vs. Liverpool
- Newcastle vs. Wolves (inc. penalty decision)
- Palace penalty retake
- Michael Keane handball

Gabriel Martinelli's disallowed goal for Arsenal against Brighton was the correct decision, but there were two issues with it.

1) it took too long (3 mins, 46 secs)

2) the image displayed wasn't optimum for visualising the decision for supporters

It took a long time for two reasons.

Firstly, it had to be confirmed that the ball was headed towards goal by an Arsenal player and not a defender.

And secondly, the position of the players and the cameras meant it took longer than usual to plot.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

Feb 28

It's Monday VAR thread this time, which thankfully (?) is a shorter one this week.

Looking at:
- Rodrigo handball vs. Everton
- Offside decisions in the Carabao Cup final
- Naby Keita possible red card
- Red card for Josh Dasilva

The decision not to give Everton a penalty for handball by Rodrigo was staggering.

There is an explanation, which is largely around the very high bar.

This is all set out in this thread from December, which is led off the same VAR, Chris Kavanagh.

https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1472963741784457223?s=20&t=4j5wX9yO_kxDUO5IAFZflA

Let's start by setting out why Chris Kavanagh may have come to this decision, remembering the high bar.

Also, we have another very recent VAR decision which helps us understand why no handball may have been given.

Here's the incident.