There have been many calls for goal-line Technology in Soccer/Football. you saw the Ukraine goal yesterday, it went in but the goal line official didn't see it. there was the england goal against germany in 2010. had those goals gone it it would've changed the game, they would've been tied in both instances and the atmosphere and mood of the players would've been completely different. ironically the first ball in the Ukraine goal was offsides. that is another place where i think that technology would be helpful. offsides decisions are very quick and usually very close, and it is hard for the human eye to get the right result. Just like Baseball i think that Soccer/Football should make use of Technology. let the debate begin.
Indeed. And that Ukrainian "goal" perfectly illustrated the difficulty, in that the blatantly missed offside call on the buildup could have led to a different wrong decision if we had goal line technology but no other review of calls.
Offsides are not part of the review, only if the ball crossed the line, just as it is in hockey. Any sport that has technology never uses it for judgement calls such as penalties .
It is an interesting point. An electronic device which purely measures ball position isn't open to reviewing anything else, but video replay would be. If video replay was used instead, and the video shows an infringement before the goal, should it result in goals that crossed the line being ruled out, or awarding penalties when it didn't? After all, if video replay showed that the ball was either put in (or kept out) by a hand, it would be rather controversial to ignore that handball in the decision to award the goal or not.
IFAB gives the green light to goal-line technology: http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organ...ewsid=1659741/?intcmp=newsreader_news_caption
Those who are against technology in football should logically promote refereeing without a chronometer I guess... What is waiting Michel Platini to ban chronometer watches in UEFA competitions?