Sports minister joins calls for goal-line technology - 世足

看到FIFA主席拒絕採用goal-line technology或video replay的理由 (上色那段)，
不禁讓我懷疑他的腦子是不是有洞。

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Sports minister joins calls for goal-line technology
The Guardian 27 June, 2010
http://gu.com/p/2t2xe

The sports minister, Hugh Robertson, last night joined Fabio Capello in
calling for the debate over goal-line technology to be reopened but Fifa will
reject any call to introduce it.

The England manager said it was "incredible" that there was no technology to
assist the referee, after Frank Lampard's 38th minute shot was not deemed to
be a goal despite bouncing off the bar and hitting the ground at least a foot
over the line. "This was a disappointing end to a tournament in which England
hardly ever performed," Robertson said. "Once the dust has settled, I hope
the FA take a long hard look at the reasons why and Fifa reassess their
opposition to using goal-line technology."

There is understood to be no chance of Fifa revisiting a decision taken in
Zurich on 11 March at a pre-World Cup meeting of the International Football
Association Board, which decides the rules of the game. In the wake of the
furore that followed Thierry Henry's handball in France's World Cup play-off
against the Republic of Ireland last November, Fifa's president,
Sepp Blatter, indicated that he was not prepared to consider video replays
but might look again at goal-line technology.

Yet when the former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon
Smith proposed that the issue be debated at the IFAB meeting, it was roundly
rejected following presentations from two companies that have been working
on the technology. Blatter has since been unequivocal that the debate is
closed, concentrating instead on the Uefa-inspired experiment with extra
officials behind each goal.

Jerome Valcke, the Fifa secretary general, reiterated Fifa's stance this
week, saying that technological solutions were "not on the table" but that
additional assistant referees could be introduced for the 2014 World Cup.
"It doesn't mean the use of video, that is definitely not on the table today,
but one thing we are discussing is two additional assistants to support
referees to make decision-making easier and to have more eyes helping him to
make such decisions," he said.

Explaining the decision to rule out goal-line technology, Blatter said in
March that football must retain its "human aspect". "No matter which
technology is applied, at the end of the day a decision will have to be
taken by a human being. This being the case, why remove the responsibility
from the referee to give it to someone else?" he said. "It is often the case
that, even after a slow-motion replay, 10 different experts will have 10
different opinions on what the decision should have been. Fans love
to debate any given incident in a game. It is part of the human nature of
our sport."

England captain Steven Gerrard said the disallowed goal had an effect on the
outcome of the match but that it should not be used as an excuse.

"There were big key decisions in the game, at 2-1 we had a goal disallowed.
At 2-1 we were hurting them and we were still in the game," he said.

"I think it [the disallowed goal] had an effect but we cannot use that as an
excuse with being beaten 4-1. That would have been a big goal for us. It's
all ifs and buts. Germany are a fantastic team and they deserved their win."

Smith, who has since stepped down as the SFA chief executive, said last night:
"It was not significant to the result but, even if it had been, I don't think
they would change their minds. Everyone watching at home saw what happened
and these situations will arise again in the future but I don't think they'll
change it."


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