England call for goal-line technology

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Fabio Capello and Frank Lampard demanded on Sunday Fifa introduce goal-line technology after the England midfielder had a perfectly good goal ruled out in his team's 4-1 World Cup mauling by Germany.

Germany were leading 2-1 in their last 16 clash just before half-time when a Lampard shot bounced off the underside of the German crossbar and landed a yard over the goal-line but it was missed by both Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda and his assistant.

"I am in favour of goal-line technology, especially after tonight," said Chelsea midfielder Lampard.

"The ball crossed the line, it was over, it was so obvious. If we had got back to 2-2 at that moment, it could have been different. It's a huge disappointment."

"We had a meeting pre-World Cup with someone telling us a million different rules, changes that hardly affect the game and the big one that affects this game today hasn't been brought in so it's a no-brainer."

Capello said he was amazed that football is still to fall into line with many other sports who have embraced technology.

"It's incredible that in a time of technology, the referees aren't capable of deciding if there has been a goal or not," said the Italian.

"The match could have been different after this goal."

England captain Steven Gerrard also called on Fifa to look at goal-line technology.

"When you go 2-0 down and then you get a goal back it gives you a lot of confidence and belief and then to see that ball bounce behind the line and see the linesman 20 metres behind play is very disappointing," he said.

"Fifa will have to look at that because I looked across at the linesman and he was by the edge of the area so how can he see if that's over the line or not."

But Gerrard said he was not making excuses.

"For me to just stand here and say that one moment is the reason why we got beat today would be a lie.

"It's one of them things. I'm no expert. I don't know whether goal-line technology will change things but technology would have made it two-all today and given us big belief and confidence that we could beat the Germans."

Capello admitted Germany's pace and movement had given his side major problems.

"The most important thing was the goal that we scored to make it 2-2," Capello insisted.

"If it had been a goal the rest of the game would probably have been different.

"It meant Germany were able to play on the counter attack in the second half. They did it very well but it would have been different."

Capello said he saw it was a good goal even from the bench.

But goalkeeper David James said Lampard's strike was such a blatant goal that goal-line technology was not required.

"You don't need technology when the ball's a yard over," he said, adding he could tell Lampard had scored from everybody's reaction.

"Unfortunately the incident has definitely changed the outcome of the game because (it would have been) 2-2 and we were pressing after that as well.

"It is a different game by virtue of the scoreline, it's a different game psychologically because they would have been under a lot of pressure and we'd have been in the ascendancy."

"Technology, it would be nice but in these circumstances I don't think it was something that was needed," he added. - Sapa-AFP
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Some TMO technology would do the game well IMHO
 
Does it matter?

Score would've been 4 - 2 :D

They must just accept that they sucked and got beaten and move on...
 
gdiza said:
Does it matter?

Score would've been 4 - 2 :D

They must just accept that they sucked and got beaten and move on...
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"The match could have been different after this goal."

England captain Steven Gerrard also called on Fifa to look at goal-line technology.

"When you go 2-0 down and then you get a goal back it gives you a lot of confidence and belief and then to see that ball bounce behind the line and see the linesman 20 metres behind play is very disappointing," he said.
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d7e7r7 said:
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Still irrelevant. They went into half time 1 goal down and ended up losing by 3 goals. Their problem was their defense sucked more than the lineman's error.

But off course, this being England, everyone else is to blame for their woes. I didn't see any complaints when the decision incorrectly went their way in '66.
 
Ok, so, they lost confidence or moral?

Excuse me boet, it's the WORLD CUP - it's also soccer, it's also known as "the beautiful game"

3 - 1 down, the 3 - 2 down, matters not... if you want it badly enough, they could've gotten more goals.

After the 2nd German goal, all the people around me at teh fan park noted how ROONEY especially lost interest in the game (body language)

England have been playing KARK since the start, they should maybe demand better results FROM THEMSELVES before demanding anything else.
 
Lightscribe said:
It matters not....in this situation.

Yes, it plays a part. Not when the difference is of no significance.
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Respectfully I am going to disagree. At the time of the incident, the score would have been 2 - 2. We cannot say what influence the goal would have had on the game. England would have equalised and pressure on the Germans might have resulted in a different outcome. I do not believe it is fair to call the goal insignificant simply because another 2 goals were added later in the game by the Germans.

In the end, the Germans deserved the win. They were simply awesome on the day. They were fluent and were quick to capitalise on England's defensive woes. England on the other hand, for the most part, were just not on their game. Good luck to the Germans ;)
 
I actually tend to agree with England on this matter..

There has been some decidely crap ref'ing in this WC...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Still irrelevant. They went into half time 1 goal down and ended up losing by 3 goals. Their problem was their defense sucked more than the lineman's error.

But off course, this being England, everyone else is to blame for their woes. I didn't see any complaints when the decision incorrectly went their way in '66.
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This is it. A 44 year old dispute, reversed. That (disallowed) goal did not, in retrospect, save them. Thus a non issue.
 
Crap ref'ing happens all the time, it's human nature.. it's what makes it wonderful, imagine if everything was done by computers or by TMO's... sport would be boring.
 
gdiza said:
Crap ref'ing happens all the time, it's human nature.. it's what makes it wonderful, imagine if everything was done by computers or by TMO's... sport would be boring.
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There's crap ref'ing.. then theres the ref'ing thats actually changed the outcome of quite a FEW games in this WC...
 
ToxicBunny said:
There's crap ref'ing.. then theres the ref'ing thats actually changed the outcome of quite a FEW games in this WC...
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The standard of ref'ing has been very poor throughout. However I don't believe that it would have made a difference in this match - England were outplayed and their defense was constantly under pressure. Germany could even have had 2 more goals from those two one-on-one chances against the keeper.
 
The only way in which technology will be introduced is for the officials and players to refuse to participate without it.

Its introduction would protect both parties.
 
So after the goal was disallowed did the English team go on strike? Did they play any less harder? Did it make them so dispirited that they gave up?

Those are all issues of team character and training... if their team character and training failed them at that point... whose fault is it?

Having said that... I am in favour of the technology being added.
 
I'd LOVE to see TV refs being used to check for diving and offsides play especially.
 
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