Allianz Parque, Palmeiras' home, gets semi-automated offside tech | OneFootball

Home of Palmeiras, Allianz Parque has recently received semi-automated offside technology. This is something new that the CBF plans to introduce for the remainder of the current Brazilian Championship season.

According to Davi Vale, coordinator of the CBF refereeing working group, around 30 cameras will be installed at strategic points around the stadium. The technology has a real-time image processing system, with the footage sent to the video assistant referee booth.

“These cameras capture, on video, everything that is happening on the pitch, and then they turn that video into a digital, virtual copy of the match. In real time, we can follow the game in a virtual version, and that’s why we can determine precisely how far offside the player is, the exact offside measurement in centimeters, and map what is happening on the field,” explained Guilherme Buso, head of Genius Sports, the company responsible for implementing semi-automated offside technology in Brazil, to TV Palmeiras.

“Automatically, it is possible to know the speed of a shot on goal, which foot the player uses to receive the ball and make the pass. All of this is being mapped automatically while the match is happening,” he added.

The aim of installing the equipment is to help referees make the right calls in critical moments of the game and speed up the decision-making process on the pitch.

“We will have technology that will support refereeing. We hope that our product, Brazilian football, improves overall. We want the ball to be in play longer, for VAR to take less time to make a decision, and this technology will allow that. So we can have faster, more dynamic football,” said Davi Vale.

The system, however, is not yet in operation at Allianz Parque. The stadium still has to go through final testing, with no date yet set for when the technology will begin to be used there.

Other stadiums in Brazil already have the equipment installed as well, such as Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP); Arena MRV, in Belo Horizonte (MG); São Januário, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ); Arena do Grêmio, in Porto Alegre (RS); Couto Pereira and Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba (PR); and Maracanã, also in Rio, the only one that has already gone through final testing.

Palmeiras’ upcoming matches

Corinthians vs. Palmeiras (11th round of the Brasileirão) Date and time: 04/12 (Sunday), 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP)

Palmeiras vs. Sporting Cristal-PER (second round of the Copa Libertadores) Date and time: 04/16 (Thursday), 7 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Allianz Parque, in São Paulo (SP)

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