🎥 Ref Cam wows fans, Neto’s goal from referee’s view is 🤩 | OneFootball

Among the major innovations of the Club World Cup is the "Ref Cam," the camera placed on the chest of the referee that allows viewers to see actions from his perspective.

This idea likely originated to help fans understand the reasoning behind some refereeing decisions and thus raise public awareness in this regard. Too often, especially in provincial fields, young referees are targeted—both verbally and physically—by idiots who think they can say and do whatever they want.

Born with this noble principle, the "Ref Cam" is indeed being well-received by the public, as it offers completely new images.

🤩 Pedro Neto's Goal

Last night, in the match won by Chelsea 2-0 against Los Angeles FC, the first goal was scored by Pedro Neto, at the end of a great team play.

Dazn published the video from the Ref Cam and it is simply stunning. It feels like playing a video game.

It's hard to be more in the game than this, don't you think?

🟨 Right Yellow?

A second great example of how this innovation helps to understand the referee's role comes from the match between Flamengo and Esperance, won by the Brazilians 2-0.

In this case, it's not about a goal, but a foul that costs Mohamed Ben Ali a yellow card.

A tough challenge that perhaps could have even led to a red card, and the feeling is that even Ben Ali himself thought so, judging by the look with which he checks the color of the card...

No matter what one might think about the Club World Cup—and there are certainly no shortage of criticisms—the Ref Cam seems to be an innovation that everyone agrees on. It remains to be seen whether it will be an isolated experiment or if we will see it again in other major competitions.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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