Uefa has planted sensors in the ball for this summer’s European Championships to help match officials with offside and handball decisions. But will this technology solve two of football’s most contentious on-field problems?

Every week, wherever football is televised or watched, it’s the same story. Was that handball? Was that goal offside? Was that referee biased or just inept?

The speed of the game and the complex movements and interactions on the field make it difficult for referees to make precise, accurate offside and handball calls. Human error is inevitable, but an incorrect decision can turn a game and even cost a team the match.

Goal line technology and video assistant referees (VARs) may save us from a repeat of some of yesteryear’s most memorable mistakes: Frank Lampard’s shot for England against Germany in the 2010 World Cup, which crossed the line but wasn’t given, or Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in 1986.

But the current system is far from infallible....