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Blatter: technology in football debate postponed until autumn
Jul 8, 2010, 17:52 GMT
Johannesburg - FIFA president Joseph Blatter said on Thursday that the debate about using technology in football will be delayed until autumn.
Blatter told a news conference that the responsible International Football Association Board IFAB would deal with the issue in October and not later in July as originally planned.
FIFA had put the issue on ice but poor officiating at the World Cup forced Blatter to re-opened the debate last week after big pressure. In the Round of 16 match between England and Germany, Frank Lampard saw a shot come off the underside of the crossbar and land clearly behind the goal-line, but Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda waved play on.
In the subsequent match between Argentina and Mexico, Italian referee Roberto Rosetti allowed Carlos Tevez's opening goal for Argentina to stand even though the Manchester City striker scored it from a clearly offside position.
Blatter apologized to England and Mexico but also said that technology could only possibly be used for goalline situations and not issues like offside.
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