High-tech ball unveiled for Euro 2024 promises more accurate offside decisions
NYON, Switzerland — A high-tech soccer ball that helps with extra correct offside choices will make its European Championship debut subsequent 12 months in Germany after getting used on the 2022 World Cup.
European soccer governing physique UEFA and producer Adidas unveiled the ball for Euro 2024 in Berlin on Wednesday. It is called “Fussballliebe,” the German phrase for “love of soccer,” and might be used at subsequent 12 months’s 51-game event from June 14 to July 14.
A chip mounted on a gyroscope contained in the ball sends knowledge 500 instances per second to file the purpose at which it’s kicked. The “kick point” helps match officers make offside choices utilizing a number of digicam angles to create 3D visualizations that illustrate participant motion.
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UEFA stated the “connected ball technology (gives) unprecedented insight into every element of the movement of the ball and contributing to UEFA’s video assistant refereeing decision-making process.”
Adidas additionally provides balls to FIFA for the lads’s and ladies’s World Cups.
UEFA highlighted the sustainable qualities of the “Fussballliebe,” utilizing recycled polyester and water-based ink, plus supplies together with corn fibers, sugar cane, and wooden pulp.
Adidas has pledged 1% of web gross sales of the ball to the Common Goal soccer charity created by former Spain midfielder Juan Mata.
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