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[Football] World Cup - Day Four



Beanstalk

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Apr 5, 2017
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London
He did, yes.

I think it's a bit much to say *HE* changed the game, but it's certainly true that the group of substitutions made by Japan, which included our boy, turned the game round.
Though you're right, I think it would be fair to say the momentum changed when he was brought on. Japan were camped in their own half, and Mitoma immediately started driving with the ball at the German defence, pushing them back and moving Japan up the field. Wonderful result! SUGOI!
 






pb21

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Apr 23, 2010
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Artificial Intelligence doesn't need to scratch its balls and twiddle its ears before making a calculation.....

Yes. I saw an article about that yesterday. Apparently the ball is full of sensors.

I assume being able to tell exactly when the ball is kicked makes it easier to sync with the video to find exactly the right moment to determine if a player is offside.

Is it overengineering the problem? Probably.
I get the sensors bit, that makes sense, more or less, just not sure how that data is used along with where the players are at a specific time and crucially what parts of their body are where. Would be very interesting to know exactly how this system works.
 






Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,724
Brighton
You are right and wrong Mr Swansman, we celebrated like we had won the World Cup when we beat Germany in the Euros last year.
Because that was an absolutely MASSIVE result for us, in terms of mentality, slaying of ghosts, a moment of realisation that we could live with the big names at major tournaments. That was a huge result in the grand scheme of things.
 










Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003
69,874
Clearly the coach doesn't think Sanchez is ready. Perplexed by that. Simon isn't in the same league as Sanchez in terms of quality. Sanchez is one of the best keepers in Europe and should be number 1 for Spain.
Sanchez' day will come soon enough, nothing's surer. He already figures in Spain's plans ahead of De Gea with plenty more to come
 


Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,724
Brighton
I appreciate the riskiness of this comment - but right at this second - the era of Spain and Germany dominating the major tournaments feels a long time ago.
 














pb21

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Apr 23, 2010
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I get the sensors bit, that makes sense, more or less, just not sure how that data is used along with where the players are at a specific time and crucially what parts of their body are where. Would be very interesting to know exactly how this system works.
Answering my own question a bit, but just read this:
The new technology uses 12 dedicated tracking cameras mounted underneath the roof of the stadium to track the ball and up to 29 data points of each individual player, 50 times per second, calculating their exact position on the pitch. The 29 collected data points include all limbs and extremities that are relevant for making offside calls. Al Rihla, adidas’ official match ball for Qatar 2022™, will provide a further vital element for the detection of tight offside incidents as an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor will be placed inside the ball. This sensor, positioned in the centre of the ball, sends ball data to the video operation room 500 times per second, allowing a very precise detection of the kick point. By combining the limb- and ball-tracking data and applying artificial intelligence, the new technology provides an automated offside alert to the video match officials inside the video operation room whenever the ball is received by an attacker who was in an offside position at the moment the ball was played by a team-mate. Before informing the on-field referee, the video match officials validate the proposed decision by manually checking the automatically selected kick point and the automatically created offside line, which is based on the calculated positions of the players’ limbs. This process happens within a few seconds and means that offside decisions can be made faster and more accurately.
 










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Jul 8, 2003
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