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FIFA president Sepp Blatter: Goal-line technology could be in place by next July
Soccer's governing body has so far preferred giving referees total control over decisions but meeting next year could see soccer follow example of cricket, rugby and tennis
Jul 27, 2011 4:37:00 PM
By Harry Veal
Diego Hernández
Goal-line technology could be introduced in national leagues as early as next July, according to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
The governing body for soccer has so far resisted calls for the introduction of goal-line technology but several high-profile incidents, including in England’s defeat against Germany at last summer’s World Cup, has forced them to reconsider its stance.
Blatter has now revealed that a decision will be made at the meeting of the International Football Association Board next March, with technology potentially in place by July.
“We will have on the next international board at the beginning of March next year a final decision on the goal-line technology,” Blatter told reporters in Rio de Janeiro.
“If it will prove to be accurate and to be affordable, then it is possible the international board will decide goal-line technology shall be introduced for the World Cup 2014.”
Nine companies are reportedly in talks with soccer’s governing body over supplying the equipment, with FIFA insisting that the technology relays a final decision to the referee within a second of an incident occurring.
The governing body for soccer has so far resisted calls for the introduction of goal-line technology but several high-profile incidents, including in England’s defeat against Germany at last summer’s World Cup, has forced them to reconsider its stance.
Blatter has now revealed that a decision will be made at the meeting of the International Football Association Board next March, with technology potentially in place by July.
“We will have on the next international board at the beginning of March next year a final decision on the goal-line technology,” Blatter told reporters in Rio de Janeiro.
“If it will prove to be accurate and to be affordable, then it is possible the international board will decide goal-line technology shall be introduced for the World Cup 2014.”
Nine companies are reportedly in talks with soccer’s governing body over supplying the equipment, with FIFA insisting that the technology relays a final decision to the referee within a second of an incident occurring.
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