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Football fans around the globe should be demanding an answer. England, denied a clear Frank Lampard goal, in turn goes crashing out of the World Cup. Video technology or otherwise, FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter owes the fans answers.
His governing body deliberates endlessly about the use of video technology.
We have seen nothing but rejection yet.
Firstly, the linesman and yes, the referee, should have spotted Lampard’s shot as a goal.
The linesman was, surprisingly, in position.
He was watching the offside call but should have seen the ball had clearly crossed the line.
For Lampard’s shot, more of a lob than a hammering volley, to hit the bar, cross the line and then hit the bar again at the angle it did, every official on the pitch should have known it went over.
Even Fabio Capello, in his glasses and at 64 years of age, saw it was a goal, as much as he pleaded it was.
In fact Sepp, you probably saw it from the stands and at 74 years of age.
The answer to the question is up for debate.
Whether it’s goal line technology or overall video.
Or even two officials – if they need more than one – on the goal line at each end.
It’s a discussion that must be had.
The World Cup, according to Blatter and football fans, is the world’s biggest sporting event.
No, not with errors such as the one we saw in the knockout stages of a major tournament, one that is worked for and held every four years.
Unacceptable.
Don’t get started on it was a 4-1 win argument.
A football game at 2-2 at the break is different to 2-1 after 65 minutes – particularly if you have been the lesser team in the opening period.
The result is not the point of this discussion and Blatter shouldn’t dismiss it as the reason.
There is no better way to have the stuffing knocked out of you than a clear goal disallowed.
While many people love football, many more would if errors like this one didn’t occur.
Here’s one of the reasons for not having video technology from the FIFA website: “The simplicity and universality of the game of association football is one of the reasons for its success. Men, women, children, amateurs and professionals all play the same game all over the world.”
Oh, the heart-warming grassroots argument combined with the ‘financial aspect’.
Is it too much to ask for at a World Cup, where the men of FIFA make billions of dollars?
The people who don’t love football are laughing at you Sepp.
The people who do love football want answers.
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