Source: Telegraph
Fifa has no plans to introduce goalline technology 'for time being'
Despite a raft of high-profile refereeing errors this season, including Didier Drogba's free-kick for Chelsea against Juventus on Tuesday night, Blatter remains unconvinced the technology exists to introduce any such system effectively.[LNB]Fifa is set to trial a system featuring two additional assistant referees, one placed in each half, to aid decision making, but Blatter admits he is reluctant to implement a system which could delay the game, as is the case in rugby, tennis and cricket.[LNB] Related ArticlesChelsea almost robbed by errant linesman[LNB]Hiddink in plea for cameras[LNB]Juventus 2 Chelsea 2: Agg: 2-3[LNB]Top 10: European coaches[LNB]Didier Drogba stops sulking - and starts scoring[LNB]Clubs dismiss Uefa and Fifa goal-line decision[LNB]He said: "I do not think, and the Fifa Congress are of the same view, that you can afford to stop the game, and with the camera system HawkEye showed us, there is a delay in announcing the decision and the situation can change.[LNB]"The chip in the ball technology, which Adidas and Kairos trialled, was not accurate enough and the problem is that you have to put the chips in millions of balls made by lots of different companies.[LNB]"The International Football Association Board is of the opinion that football will remain, for the time being, a game for human beings with errors on the field of play. We will try to improve referees but you will never erase errors completely." [LNB]The game's governing body is also planning to ban the international transfer of players under the age of 18. Uefa has agreed that such a move does not contravene EU employment law and Blatter hopes the plan will dovetail with a scheme to make players eligible for countries in which they are resident only after five years to help young talent stay in their homeland.[LNB]He said: "There is an international trafficking of young players who are promised a brilliant future and do not go through. We have to do it for the protection of young players." [LNB]
