Osimhen, Dessers set to be the biggest victims of new Serie A technology

Strikers within the Italian high flight must get smarter following the introduction of a brand new tech put in place to test offside excesses

Tremendous Eagles strikers Victor Osimhen and Cyriel Dessers are more likely to be among the many worst hit by Italian Serie A’s introduction of the semi-automatic offside know-how, SAOT.

Italy’s soccer federation (FIGC) has authorised the introduction of the SAOT know-how, the semi-automatic offside detection system.

The federation introduced on Monday that the offside know-how shall be deployed in Serie A from January 27, the twentieth spherical of the 38-round championship.

The Italian high flight would be the first league to implement the offside system, the identical one used on the World Cup in Qatar.

“The Council authorised the introduction of the SAOT know-how … following the conclusion of the offline exams at the moment underway on the IBC in Lissone,” the FICG mentioned in an announcement.

Aimed toward reaching larger accuracy in decision-making for offside calls, the introduction of the SAOT know-how will deliver frowns to the faces of many strikers in Serie A, particularly for Cremonese ace Cyriel Dessers and Napoli star Victor Osimhen.

Solely Spezia’s Emmanuel Gyasi (13) has strayed into the offside place extra occasions than Dessers (11). It might worsen for the previous Genk striker with the approaching of the SAOT if he doesn’t get smarter together with his runs.

Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman and worldwide teammate Victor Osimhen have had eight offside calls towards them this time period, the joint thirteenth worst within the division.

Osimhen and Lookman are adopted carefully by two compatriots – Udinese’s Isaac Success and Cremonese’s David Okereke, each on seven offside strays.

The Nigerian strikers are, nonetheless, nicely compensated with targets.

Osimhen is the Italian Serie A’s high goalscorer with 9 targets. Not far behind the Napoli man is Lookman with seven targets for Atalanta. Okereke has discovered the again of the online thrice whereas Dessers has managed two strikes for struggling Cremonese.