Are the refs making the right calls at the World Cup, or is it time for a change in football rules?
So, England are out. Shocked, or did you bet on it?
Maybe that disallowed goal by Frank Lampard would have changed the outcome, but in the end Germany deserve the credit, and the win, for being the better side in the game, and throughout the tournament.
But it is very well certain that four years from now, in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, goal-line technology will be used regularly.
Too many mistakes have occurred during these finals in South Africa, including when just hours after England’s disallowed goal, Argentina received an unexpected gift from a linesman, avoiding a clear offside from Carlos Tevez, who scored the Albiceleste first goal.
In both cases it wasn’t even a close call. The mistakes were so obvious that FIFA really should start thinking about changing the game – and the sooner the better, before more casualties are accrued along the way.
There are a lot of pundits and football followers saying that the introduction of goal-line technology will damage the true essence of football, the way it’s been played for over a century. That’s a good point, but football, although the most popular sport in the world, can’t be that different in nature from rugby, cricket, NBA basketball, tennis, athletics or American football, all respectful events with tons of history behind them.
It may damage “the romance” of the game, but just ask England and Mexico, or even Argentina and Germany, what they would prefer? To lose (or win) on the field, or continue to blame some poor guy for his honest human mistake.
Tags: Football, Frank Lampard, goal-line technology, World Cup