FIFA Say No to Goal Line Technolgy Great Scotland Yard, London Middlesex England
FIFA Say No to Goal Line Technolgy
Published: 27th June 2010
Football's world governing body FIFA is under pressure again to introduce goalline video technology after Frank Lampard's shot was deemed not to be a goal despite hitting the ground at least a foot over the line in England's 4-1 World Cup defeat to Germany yesterday.
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Saturday, the day before the England-Germany game, that the governing body is discussing the introduction of two additional referees behind the goals but video technology “is definitely not on the table today”.
“We didn't say you could have a zero fault system in the World Cup. We knew this is where criticism would come,” he said.
FIFA yesterday declined to comment on the referee’s mistake and pointed to the International Football Association Board’s decision last March not to pursue experiments with goalline technology. Former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith proposed the issue be debated at the meeting, but it was roundly rejected following presentations from two companies that have been working on the technology.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in March he stood against goalline technology because football must retain its "human aspect": "No matter which technology is applied, at the end of the day a decision will have to be taken by a human being. This being the case, why remove the responsibility from the referee to give it to someone else? It is often the case that, even after a slow-motion replay, 10 different experts will have 10 different opinions on what the decision should have been. Fans love to debate any given incident in a game. It is part of the human nature of our sportFootball's world governing body FIFA is under pressure again to introduce goalline video technology after Frank Lampard's shot was deemed not to be a goal despite hitting the ground at least a foot over the line in England's 4-1 World Cup defeat to Germany yesterday.
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Saturday, the day before the England-Germany game, that the governing body is discussing the introduction of two additional referees behind the goals but video technology “is definitely not on the table today”.“We didn't say you could have a zero fault system in the World Cup. We knew this is where criticism would come,” he said.
FIFA yesterday declined to comment on the referee’s mistake and pointed to the International Football Association Board’s decision last March not to pursue experiments with goalline technology. Former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith proposed the issue be debated at the meeting, but it was roundly rejected following presentations from two companies that have been working on the technology.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in March he stood against goalline technology because football must retain its "human aspect": "No matter which technology is applied, at the end of the day a decision will have to be taken by a human being. This being the case, why remove the responsibility from the referee to give it to someone else? It is often the case that, even after a slow-motion replay, 10 different experts will have 10 different opinions on what the decision should have been. Fans love to debate any given incident in a game. It is part of the human nature of our sport."
