{"id":21050,"date":"2012-07-05T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T12:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=21050"},"modified":"2019-03-30T17:39:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T17:39:45","slug":"fifa-to-approve-new-goal-line-technology-21050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/fifa-to-approve-new-goal-line-technology-21050\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA to approve new goal-line technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Football’s rule-making panel is set to approve goal-line technology on Thursday, clearing it for use at the 2014 World Cup.<\/h1>\n

Two years after reversing his opposition to high-tech aids for referees, FIFA President Sepp Blatter will help decide if two systems passed trials to prove they can accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.<\/p>\n

The panel, known as the International Football Association Board (IFAB), could approve either or both of Hawk-Eye and GoalRef for use in leagues and competitions that choose to pay for them.<\/p>\n

Blatter has backed goal-line technology since England was denied a clear goal by midfielder Frank Lampard when losing to Germany at the 2010 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Last month, Blatter said it was a “necessity” after England benefited from another high-profile refereeing error, helping eliminate co-host Ukraine at the European Championship.<\/p>\n

IFAB, which comprises FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, and the four British soccer associations, also will weigh approval for the five-referee method of officiating matches and lifting a ban on Islamic women players wearing head scarves.<\/p>\n

The five-referee system has been promoted by UEFA President Michel Platini as a human alternative to technology encroaching into the game.<\/p>\n

Still, Platini’s pet project — which puts an additional assistant beside each goal — failed to spot that a shot by Ukraine forward Marko Devic crossed the line before England defender John Terry hooked the ball clear. England won 1-0 and advanced to the Euro 2012 quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Platini has acknowledged that Blatter will get his way on goal-line technology.<\/h2>\n

The FIFA president was in the stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to see Lampard’s shot clearly bounce down from the crossbar behind the German goal line. England was trailing 2-1 in the second-round match, and ultimately lost 4-1.<\/p>\n

Two days later, Blatter said FIFA must reopen a debate that he had long helped to stifle on giving referees technological aids. He insisted it must only include goal-line decisions and should not be extended to video replay for other judgment calls, such as penalties or offside.<\/p>\n

FIFA appointed a Zurich-based technology institute to test proposed systems for giving accurate decisions within one second. Two survived to a final round of trials.<\/p>\n

Hawk-Eye is a camera-based ball-tracking system that is also used in tennis and cricket. The British company was bought last year by Sony Corp., a World Cup sponsor.<\/p>\n

GoalRef is a Danish-German project that uses magnetic sensors to follow a special ball.<\/p>\n

If the technology is approved, the English Premier League and Major League Football in the United States have said they would adopt it in matches.<\/p>\n

FIFA could introduce it at the seven-team Club World Cup in Japan in December.<\/p>\n

UEFA has tested the five-referee system over three years and in 1,000 matches, including at Euro 2012 and in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

“Euro 2012 has shown what five-referee teams can bring. We have really cleaned up behavior in the penalty area,” Platini said last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Six votes are needed for IFAB to change a rule. The four British associations have one vote each and FIFA has a four-vote bloc.<\/p>\n

IFAB will also begin discussions on reforming itself to include other soccer stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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