Innovations aplenty at the Supercup

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During UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany this summer, the hosts benefited in their game against Denmark from the use of a microchip in the ball that senses touches. This ‘ball EKG’ was further trialled the season-opening fixture at the BayArena.

• Chip in the ball: This registers the smallest touch of the ball thanks to a chip weighing three grams inside the special-edition Derbystar Supercup ball.
• New cameras: Fans had two new angles for viewing the action, but not covering the pitch. Instead, there was a camera on each of the team buses and outside each changing room.

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• New-style interviews: An interview with a player from the starting XI of each team took place as they disembarked from the bus.
• RefCam: The referee wore a headset camera as the teams walked out and completed the coin toss. RefCam was previously trialled in the Bundesliga in February’s game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Wolfsburg.
• Man of the Match vote: For the first time, fans got to have their say on the game's best player by voting live in the Bundesliga app.

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• In-match analysis clips: Selected scenes from the game were displayed on TV with match data and detailed stats.
• Live immersive reality experience: An immersive reality experience was trialled for the first time for a small group of selected test viewers. Using an appropriate device, you can view play using the 360-degree cameras located in the stadium live, broadcast in a higher resolution than UHD.