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The league has turned to sports tech company Genius Sports and its Semi-Assisted Offside Technology (SAOT).

VAR has helped but is often criticized for slowing the game or leading to wrong calls.

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That data then creates a picture of where each player is compared to the ball and the offside line.

iPhones with their 100 fps recording speed are plenty fast enough when combined with the GeniusIQ system.

It will need to demonstrate that it can consistently outperform existing VAR systems in terms of accuracy and efficiency.

As the SAOT system is implemented in live matches, the global football community will closely watch it.

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