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In the first round of the FIFA World Cup group stage between Sweden and Tunisia, Emil Svanberg came on as a substitute and scored immediately with his first touch of the ball.
Initially, the linesman raised his flag to indicate an offside, and the VAR line also showed "OFFSIDE". After consulting the VAR, the referee signaled the goal was valid! The VAR line was updated, and it was not an offside!
The official broadcast then showed the detection footage from the chip inside the football. Alexander Isak, who was onside during the cross from the wing, made contact with the ball using his heel at the near post. The chip inside the football detected this contact, so Svanberg was ultimately ruled to have received the pass from Isak, and the goal was valid.
The smart chip-equipped football is being used at this World Cup, which can automatically determine situations such as the last player to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds. This ball is stitched with only four panels, and one of the four panels contains an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) chip, unlike the Qatar World Cup ball where the chip was suspended inside the bladder. The chip can provide highly accurate football movement data to the Video Assistant Referee within seconds.
Initially ruled that Svanberg received the ball in an offside position↓
After determining that the ball first made contact with Isak, Svanberg was in an onside position, and the goal was valid↓
