Fifa rules out technology debate 20/07/2010 |
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Football’s lawmakers will not discuss goal-line technology when they meet in Wales this week, despite Fifa president Sepp Blatter saying previously that it would be a “nonsense” if the matter was not on the agenda.
The technical sub-committee of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) will meet in Cardiff on Wednesday (July 21), but as planned back in May, there will only be one item on the agenda and that will be the continuing experiment with additional assistant referees.
Blatter announced during the World Cup finals that goal-line technology had to be discussed once again at the "first opportunity" and indicated that would take place this month.
However, it is not now expected to be on the agenda until a more formal meeting in October.
A Fifa spokesman said: "The meeting this week is purely to ratify any requests that have come forward over the implementation of the assistant referees experiment, which was used last year in the Europa League.
"The first formal meeting where that discussion [goal-line technology] could take place is in October."
IFAB, which comprises representatives from Fifa and the four home nations, rejected the notion of goal-line technology in March on the grounds of cost and the possible disruption it would bring.
However, calls for the introduction of technology intensified after several high-profile refereeing mistakes at the World Cup, including England being denied an equaliser against Germany in their last 16 match despite Frank Lampard’s shot clearly crossing the line.
Speaking in South Africa last month, Blatter said: "It is obvious that after the experience so far in this World Cup, it would be a nonsense to not re-open the file of technology at the business meeting of the International FA Board in July."
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