FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed that the world governing body could be prompted to use the goal-line technology, in the wake of England's disallowed goal against Germany in the World Cup. England paid dearly for a dismal refereeing decision when Frank Lampard's volley clearly crossed the line, yet the score remained 2-1 for Germany who scored two more to win the tie. On the same day, Mexico were punished by another linesman error when Carlos Tevez headed in Argentina's opener in the 3-1 defeat, though he was way offside. "I have spoken to the two federations (England and Mexico) directly concerned by referees mistakes," FIFA chief Blatter told a news briefing. "I have expressed to them apologies and I understand they are not happy and that people are criticizing. "It is obvious that after the experience so far in this World Cup it would be a nonsense to not reopen the file of technology at the business meeting of the International FA Board in July.
"Personally I deplore it when you see evident referee mistakes but it's not the end of a competition or the end of football, this can happen. "We will naturally take on board the discussion on technology and have first opportunity in July at the business meeting of the International FA Board." No video Despite the influence of Tevez's infamous goal against Mexico, Blatter conceded that using video replays is not an option. "The only principle we are going to bring back for discussion is goal-line technology," he said. "Football is a game that never stops and the moment there was a discussion if the ball was in or out, or there was a goal-scoring opportunity, do we give a possibility to a team to call for replays once or twice like in tennis? "For situations like the Mexico game you don't need technology."
