The International Football Association Board has ruled out the use of goal-line technology and video replays."The door is closed. The decision was not to use technology at all," said Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke. The decision was reached after watching presentations of two systems, Cairos - a chip inserted in a ball, and Hawk-Eye - used in tennis and cricket. The Football Association and Scottish Football Association had both voted in favour of further experiments.
The International Football Association Board has ruled out the use of goal-line technology and video replays.
"The door is closed. The decision was not to use technology at all," said Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke.
The decision was reached after watching presentations of two systems, Cairos - a chip inserted in a ball, and Hawk-Eye - used in tennis and cricket.
The Football Association and Scottish Football Association had both voted in favour of further experiments.
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Patrick Nelson, chief executive of the Irish FA, also backed Fifa's position. "We very much appreciate the human side of the game, the debate, the controversy, that's why the board has taken this decision," he said.
Patrick Nelson, chief executive of the Irish FA, also backed Fifa's position.
"We very much appreciate the human side of the game, the debate, the controversy, that's why the board has taken this decision," he said.
Im surprised he wont get lynched when he returns to Ireland. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
They mean the part where the referees, who should be unobstrusive, become the central players? En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
