FIFA Approves Goal Line Technology For International Tournaments
World football fans around the globe received great news on Thursday when FIFA announced it had approved the use of goal-line technology for future tournaments, according to ESPN Soccernet.
"BREAKING NEWS: FIFA will immediately amend the laws of the game to include the use of goal-line technology.
— ESPN Soccernet (@ESPNSoccernet) July 5, 2012"
This means that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be the first-ever World Cup tournament with goal-line technology.
Now we just need UEFA to get on board so the Champions League and European Championship competitions can use this wonderful technology.
Since most sports use instant replay to some extent, football should too. The most important mission is to make sure that goals are correctly called every time.
Too many times over the last few years, teams have been negatively affected by referees making the wrong decisions when there is a question of whether the ball crossed the goal line or not.
Here is one example from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Round of 16: England vs. Germany
England midfielder Frank Lampard scored an obvious goal, but it was not awarded. Germany seized the momentum and defeated England to reach the quarterfinals.
Goal-line technology will make the sport so much better because referees will now be able to correct a mistake and not cost a team a chance of winning a major tournament.
It's very encouraging that FIFA is willing to use goal-line technology going forward.
