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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Instant Replay for Soccer

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is considering installing instant replay for soccer. During the World Cup there have been some calls that have raised the discussion of implementing instant replay into the game of soccer because of the importance of getting the calls right. For instance, in the last round of games England thought they had scored a wonderful goal from Frank Lampard; when the ball struck off the crossbar and hit over the goal line . . . goal right? Wrong the linesman was not the correct position to make the call and the goal was never awarded . . . England lost 4-1 in the end. Furthermore, these goals that have either been disallowed such as the USA goals in the group stage or goals that were rewarded like "la mana de dios" Maradona's "hand of god" goal in 1986 have really stirred up the pressure on FIFA to implement instant replay. As technology improves every day the pressure of installing instant replay is only going to become worse for the administrators like Sepp Blatter. We will all have to see how FIFA and the game of soccer goes on with or without instant replay.