Tech aides the beautiful game

Slowly but surely, technology’s envelope of modern football is becoming thicker. A look at some of the cutting-edge tech that is being deployed at the World Cup in Qatar.

Advanced metrics

For the first time, players at the World Cup would be able to access on-field performance data via an app (which only they’ll have access to) Among others, it ill i l d Speed thresholds Positional heat maps Pressure applied to opponent Ball distribution