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How will semi-automated offside work at the World Cup? (1:11)

Artificial intelligence-driven semi-automated VAR will be used at the World Cup. There is a time and a place for this.

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Artificial Intelligence-driven semi-automated VAR will be used for this year's World Cup, according to the International Football Association Board.

The time taken to make an incorrect decision has been a problem with the VAR. This should be reduced to 3-4 seconds by the use of the semi-automated technology.

How does semi-automated VAR work?

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It was used in matches for the first time at the Club World Cup in February, and was considered to be a major success by the world's governing body for soccer.

Further discussions will take place, along with analysis of the trials, before the final decision is made on the implementation of the rule for the World Cup.

Infantino said at the news conference that it looked very good and promising. We don't know if it will be used for the World Cup or not.

"My personal opinion is that we can go ahead with this," said Pierluigi Collina. We want to get more accepted decisions. The objectives were achieved when the semi-automated offside was used.

It uses the same process as goal-line technology, and we have seen that it is very well accepted by the football community. The same reaction can be given to the semi-automated offside.

Additional advantage will be given to attacking players in all games, as a result of trials.

There is a chance that a very marginal offside is not relevant to be punished. This experiment is being run by us. The trials were suspended for almost two years because of the swine flu.

We will come to conclusions once we have evidence and figures from the trials that are taking place in the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.

Within 25 seconds, replays will be available for broadcasters and stadium screens, as well as the semi-automated VAR offside technology, which will provide much improved graphical visualization.

I've told you all about this for a long time, now see it in action. Semi-automated VAR has take off at the Club World Cup.It's a vast improvement with: - Quick decision-making- Superior Hawk-Eye visualisation

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The standard television cameras are not being used in the system right now. It allows for a much more accurate assessment of when a pass has been played and tracks 29 data points on the players to create an artificial intelligence model of the situation.

If there is a player in an offside position, the technology will alert the VAR if the player is active and/or having an impact on the game, and if so send a notification to the assistant referee.

It is hoped that by speeding the process up to a few seconds, the fans will no longer feel like they have lost the goal celebration because of the VAR.

After a successful launch at the World Cup, the other major leagues are hoping to introduce the technology for the next two decades.

In order to limit time-wasting, the IFAB will hold trials to limit the amount of time the ball is in play for.