Qatar World Cup | Public perspective: when the "hand of God" has become a thing of the past

goal! celebrate! The excitement lasted less than three seconds and ended abruptly!

This is a common scene in Qatar World Cup! After a few minutes, confirm the goal or cancel the goal. The excitement is delayed or the goal is cancelled and you are depressed.

The World Cup is halfway through, but the controversy caused by scientific and technological means continues.

Gate line technology was introduced in 2014 World Cup, VAR (video assistant referee) technology was introduced in 2018, and SAOT (semi-automatic offside identification technology) will be introduced in 2022... Technology makes football more "accurate" and seems more fair, but the fluency and viewing ability are impaired to a certain extent, and the probability of "love, hate, love and hatred" is also decreasing. Technology brings another side to football.

Technology has made some famous scenes in the history of the World Cup go with the wind.

In the 1986 World Cup, Argentina and England met in the quarter finals. Maradona reached the England penalty area, and the England goalkeeper made a decisive attack. Maradona, who was short, hit the ball with his left hand at the moment before the goalkeeper confiscated the football and escaped the referee's punishment. Maradona is proud of this and believes that this is just a means for David to defeat Goliath and should be written into football history as a "miracle". He said: "The goal was scored by Maradona's head and God's hand."

"Hand of God" is famous all over the world!

The sharp contrast between the controversial nature of the "hand of God" and the "justice" given to it by the "King of Ball" makes this classic scene still popular after 36 years.

If the "verdict" of science and technology is given, will the "hand of God" succeed?

The 1966 World Cup final was played between England and Germany. The two sides drew in 90 minutes and entered overtime. Hurst, the England player, hit the crossbar and bounced to the goal line in the 101st minute. There was a dispute over whether he crossed the goal line. The referee decided that the goal was valid. Finally, the England team defeated the opponent and won the first and only World Cup champion in the history of the England team.

Forty four years later, the England team "paid off" for history. In the eighth finals of the World Cup in South Africa, it was also a war between England and Germany. Lampard's goal of about half a meter in the goal was ruled invalid. The England team, which had fallen behind 1:2, lost the chance to equalize and finally lost 1:4.

How can such a classic bridge full of historical tension "reappear yesterday" in the way of "debt repayment" if it is endowed with the "verdict" of science and technology?

In the face of technology, these "famous scenes" can hardly be evaded. Perhaps this is the "price" paid by football after scientific and technological progress.

The times are developing and science and technology are progressing. The pursuit of fairness is the essence of modern sports, and it is also a historical necessity to supplement this process with scientific and technological means. Football matches captured by the "tentacles" of science and technology often lack the beauty of Venus' broken arms and the resulting hatred and gratitude, just like a pool of water, with many ripples missing.

But technology has its other side.

He saved and scored the 1.88mm press ball. After defeating one world champion team, the Japanese team reversed another world champion team and advanced to the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup as the first team in the group. He had a chance to reach the last eight of the Qatar World Cup again. Although it still failed, it made people pay more respect to Japanese football.

The Argentinian team led by Messi was called off for offside three times, and the Argentinian fans covered their faces, which made the Saudi team's epic reversal and made the "Light of Asia" more brilliant.

Thanks to science and technology, another dimension of the story of the green carpet is being written, which can also bring endless reverie to fans? Isn't the emotional ups and downs brought about by technology another wonderful thing?

Perhaps, "precision" is also a kind of beauty.

When the World Cup enters a new historical stage and football is endowed with more "rationality", embrace it and leave the past behind.