FIFA president Sepp Blatter today declared goal-line technology “a necessity” after Ukraine became the latest victims of its absence from the game.
The Euro 2012 co-hosts were denied an equaliser in last night’s decisive 1-0 Group D defeat against England when officials failed to spot Marco Devic’s shot had crossed the line despite John Terry’s great clearance (above) — although Artem Milevskiy was offside in the build-up to the controversial incident.
Blatter hopes to convince the game’s rulemakers — the International Football Association Board — to give technology the green light and posted on Twitter: “After last night’s match #GLT [goal-line technology] is no longer an alternative but a necessity.”
Blatter became a convert to goal-line technology after Frank Lampard was denied a legitimate goal in England’s 2010 World Cup defeat against Germany. The introduction of some form of goal-line technology is inevitable.
The IFAB are expected to approve at least one of two systems — Hawk-Eye and GoalRef — that have been subject to in-depth testing when they meet in Kiev the day after the July 1 Euro 2012 Final.
