Wanted: Change

FIFA refuses to act on calls to introduce technology to decide on contentious decisions after refereeing mistakes marred Sunday's two last 16 matches at the World Cup. FIFA's refusal has long been criticised with its president Sepp Blatter insisting the referee will always remain the ultimate decision-maker at all levels of the game.

England is out of the World Cup after being defeated 4-1 by the Germany national team. One of the controversy was a goal by midfielder Frank Lampard which was disallowed even though it was clearly a goal. Replays has showed that Lampard's shot bounced off the underside of the German crossbar in the first half and landed a yard over the goal-line, however it was missed by both the referee and his assistant.

First of all, I feel strongly for this incident as I am a supporter of the England national team and a big fan of Lampard. I'm not saying that the German team didn't deserve the win but that the fact that if the goal was allowed, the German and English would have a draw for the first half and I believe that this probaly would change the game in the second half. The England team might fight even harder for a win and the outcome might be different.

I do agree that the Germans simply outclassed the English team and they deserve to be the one of the last eight nations in World Cup. However, is it time for the FIFA to introduce technology into the game? This is not the first time the FIFA referees made a blunder and blunders in World Cups are definitely costly. Just like the disallowed USA goal against Slovenia which they could have won and the Argentina-Mexico game where Tevez was given a goal despite being offside.

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