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Nov 2 • 7 tweets • 4 min read

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool's possible Champions League RO16 opponents:

🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
🇵🇹 Benfica
🇵🇹 FC Porto
🇪🇸 Real Madrid

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.

#LFC #UCL

🇩🇪 Bayern Munich's possible Champions League opponents:

🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇧🇪 Club Brugge
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#FCBayern #UCL

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea's possible Champions League opponents:

🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
🇧🇪 Club Brugge
🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
🇩🇪 RB Leipzig

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#CFC #UCL

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City's possible Champions League opponents:

🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇧🇪 Club Brugge
🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
🇩🇪 RB Leipzig

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#MCFC #UCL

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham's possible Champions League opponents:

🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
🇧🇪 Club Brugge
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
🇩🇪 RB Leipzig

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#COYS #UCL

🇪🇸 Real Madrid's possible Champions League opponents:

🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
🇧🇪 Club Brugge
🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#HalaMadrid #UCL

🇫🇷 PSG's possible Champions League RO16 opponents:

🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
🇵🇹 FC Porto
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
🇮🇹 Napoli
🇪🇸 Real Madrid
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur

Draw is 11am UK on Monday, November 7.
#PSG #UCL

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As you can see from the two images, the silhouette of Mane's body on the path of the ball is not increased by his arms.

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This thread brings in information from UEFA, but also uses knowledge of the system and the VAR processes.

Will also include the FACTUAL aspects of the law.

UEFA is not releasing a 3D animation of the decision (reasons will become clear).

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And this image with the correct offside lines was provided to the broadcaster.

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But the ball is the defensive line here.

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Some classic VAR in Serie A.

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Marcus Rashford was onside for Manchester United's second goal due to the tolerance level which was added to VAR offside last summer.

Would have been offside in 2020-21.

When a player is onside due to tolerance level one green line is shown, drawn to the defender.

#MUNLIV

Manchester United have conceded two goals in recent games due to the tolerance level being applied.

Against Norwich in April and Brighton on the first weekend of the season.

Reminder this should be the final season of "manual" VAR offside.

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- Quicker, more accurate
- Back to "toenail offsides"?
- 3D animation
- Delayed flag?
- When in Prem?

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

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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