Chelsea’s Club World Cup campaign will give us a glimpse into football’s future because the semi-automated offside system is in use.
That’s right, it’s time for the robots! The idea involves limb-tracking technology automatically checking if a goal should or should not stand — looking instantly and accurately at when the pass is played and whether Player A is level with Player B or ever so slightly behind.
FIFA have been trialling the system for some time, with a view to it being used in full at the 2022 World Cup — then, all being well, we should see it in the Premier League from the start of the 2023-24 season.