Use of Artificial Intelligence to Avoid Errors in Referring a Football Match

Football is one of the most popular sport games played in the world and counts many fans across the globe. During a match, any mistake or bad decision from the referee may turn the entire match and may lead to heartbreak losses. For solving this issue, FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) came up with the idea of VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system to reduce errors that might occur due to referring. Even though the VAR system seems to have some pitfalls, The referee needs to take extra time to check and sometimes it seems to be inefficient. Artificial Intelligence (AI), may play an important role in this scenario. It can be integrated into referee assistance by reducing human errors and can help to enhance the VAR precision for a better decision on the field during a match. This research proposes the creation of an AI assisted referee system that makes judgments during a match using information from an AI agent. The AI agent may detect mistakes such as penalties, card punishments, or any other miscalculations that may occur throughout a game. This finding indicates that Long Short-Term Memory performed the best, with an accuracy rate of 95%.