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Calls to use technology for big in football are coming and fast at the FIFA World Cup – the game’s greatest . These follow two totally wrong refereeing decisions that the knockout games between Germany and England, and Argentina and Mexico. In the first game, a shot by England playmaker Frank Lampard crossed the goal line by a metre. Neither the referee nor his saw it so no goal was given. In the later game, Argentina’s Carlos Tevez was metres offside. Despite the whole Mexican team , his headed goal was given. Both of these obvious errors changed the outcome of the game. England would have had the , coming back from 2-0 down to level at 2-2. Mexico lost their shape after Tevez’s goal was allowed to stand.

There have been many calls for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to . Tottenham boss Harry Rednapp said Mr Blatter should be . Blatter believes there is no place in football for goal-line technology or video . Fifa general-secretary Jerome Valcke said in March: "Technology should not into the game…Let's keep the game of football as it is." The game’s two top officials are the fact that technology is used extremely well in almost every other sport to bring and reduce human . Former England captain Alan Shearer out: "All the managers and the stars of football are calling for it.” Even Maradona had for England, saying: "Today we saw that goal that was ruled out for England, and you know that I'm not a great of England.”