Seamless monitoring by video referee assistants and artificial intelligence should help prevent wrong decisions at the World Cup. But some technical aids are scientifically controversial.
No, the media term "robot offside" is not correct, says Pierluigi Collina. The chairman of the referee committee at the world football association FIFA emphasizes: "The referees and referee assistants are still responsible for the decisions on the field." Intelligence (AI) for determining offside positions only offers "valuable support" in order to be able to make more precise decisions - "especially when
