Goal line technology is a necessity: Blatter
Updated On: 21 June, 2012 08:31 AM IST | Agencies
FIFA president Sepp Blatter yesterday declared goal-line technology "a necessity" after Ukraine became the latest victims of its absence from the game
The European Championship co-hosts were denied an equaliser in Tuesday’s decisive 1-0 Group D defeat to England when officials failed to spot Marco Devic’s shot had crossed the line.
On the line:u00a0England’s John Terry (right) makes a controversial goal-line clearance. u00a0PIC/AFP
Blatter, who hopes to convince the game’s rule-makers — the International Football Association Board — to give technology the green light, posted on Twitter: “After last night’s match £GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity.”
Meanwhile, UEFA’s chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina said that the goal should have been given.
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“The ball crossed the line. That was unfortunate. It would have been better not to have it,” Collina told a news conference in the Polish capital, Warsaw.u00a0
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