(Reuters) - The first ever use of tablet computers delivering real-time player data to coaches during World Cup matches next month is a useful tool that will make teams more flexible, Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff said on Friday. "I welcome the use of tablets for coaches at the World Cup," Bierhoff told reporters at the world champions' training camp in northern Italy. FIFA's plan is that each team is offered two devices; one for a team analyst observing the match from the stands and another for the coaching team on the bench. Bierhoff said smaller teams could also benefit from data exchange at the World Cup as it now gave them more options to react during a game and coaches would gradually come to rely more on experts. The Germans are in World Cup Group F with Sweden, South Korea and Mexico.

Source: The Star May 25, 2018 12:22 UTC