UEFA USING SNICKO TO DETERMINE HAND BALL

[Robbie]

To assist VAR in UEFA 24, UEFA are using a chip in the match balls to determine hand balls.

Belgium had a goal disallowed because the chip detected a hand ball in the build up play before the goal was scored.

It detects when the ball is touched and looks like Snicko on a screen.

The Snicko showed that the ball touched the outstretched hand of the Belgian player.

Football is really going hi tech.

Is this what Football is all about?

I don't like it. How about you?

https://www.sportingnews.com/in/football/news/contact-sensor-var-chip-ball-snicko-euro-2024-technology/780882771226bde802160732

[Wheelbarrow repair man]

@Robbie  SNICKO, what's that? Some kind of New Chocolate Bar?

Seriously haven't the Football Authorities learned anything?  VAR  as proved to be a Major problem now this, which is going to cause even more trouble, and probably even more delays during a Match. I mean That's what Footy fans want isn't it, the Ref blowing his whistle every couple of minutes to stop the match to check if a player has done something wrong, or something happened in a build up to a Goal. And what happens if this "Technology" Goes wrong and decisions can't be made? Will the Match be Abandoned? Hi Tech? No Thanks.

[Robbie]

@Wheelbarrow repair man

So the ball just brushed the Belgians player's hand and the ball just moved direction a smigeon. 

VAR determined that smigeon gave the player an unfair advantage so they disallowed the goal 

Without VAR the goal would have stood because the Ref didn't see it 

If the handball had been in the PL the goal would have stood because UEFA interpret handball different to the FA.

The footballing authorities can't even decide which is a handball, never mind VAR getting involved.

The Belgian fans were ecstatic when the goal was scored but, again VAR changed all that.

I knew it wouldn't be long before VAR raised it's ugly head in Euro 24. Belgium are good enough to qualify from the group stages but because of this intervention they might just not.

 

[allardyces tash]

What happens if the hand contact is accidental? Will VAR be used to determine if there was an unnatural movement that constitutes handball? If the system works efficiently and the referee makes the final call, that seems fair. However, if the game is delayed because a chip detects an accidental handball, it could lead to more problems.

[Robbie]

@allardyces tash

That's the point. 

"What happens if the hand contact is accidental"?

The FA and UEFA interpret  handball rules differently.

The Belgian player was running and his arm came up naturally to keep him in balance like we all do when we are running.

The pundits after the match thought it was accidental handball. But they were following FA rules not UEFA rules 

[liampie]

it sounds like a good idea but just like var it needs better handling, the rules on handball needs to be clearer and accidental handball either becomes a thing of the past and every contact is a foul or they work it better in. i think accidental handball is not fair to punish but the rules can make things easier to abide by.