Cristiano Ronaldo effusively celebrated the first goal of the group stage match between Portugal and Uruguay. Although minutes later, the goal was credited to Bruno Fernandez, implying that CR7 did not touch the ball with his head.
This was demonstrated after FIFA revealed, with the chip that the Al-Rhila ball has, that Cristiano did not touch the ball, a ball that charges like a phone and offers data on who touches it, with what force and is just a microchip.
The microchip weighs only 500 grams and is designed by the company Kinexon, which has provided this instrument with two different sensors, the UWB, which collects positional data from the ball, and the IMU, which records the movements of the ball in three dimensions.
And what happens when the ball goes out of bounds or goes to the stands and you have to replace it? Nothing, Kinexon has this situation under control and the update to the new ball is automatic, without the need for human intervention.
The sensor, located in the center of the ball, also makes it possible to collect sensory and acoustic data from the leather. Thus, it was determined that Cristiano did not touch the ball. The IMU technology, mentioned above, is capable of collecting up to 1978 frames per second, so it was easy to capture, through the vibrations of the ball, if the Portuguese touched the ball or not.
The sensor said no and Adidas passed this information to FIFA to confirm that the goal was going to Bruno Fernandes’ account , not Cristiano’s.
An image of four balls in his bag went viral on social networks while When plugged into a power strip, they are charged for later use. The battery of the leather can last from 7 hours in game to 500 at rest.
This image was unprecedented because never in the history of the World Cups have the balls needed to be loaded and it shows the progress of soccer technology.
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