FIFA has made its final decision on the introduction of goal-line technology today in Zurich. So the goal-line technology will be coming out soon. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has agreed on the use of goal-line technology into soccer for the first time after so many debates and disapproval from FIFA President Sepp Blatter himself. About two separate techs were tested and approved. The Hawk-eye system a British camera based system and the Goal-Ref a Danish-German project using Magnetic sensors to track a special ball.
The Sony-owned Hawk-Eye system is a camera-based computer system which has been in use ever since in both tennis and cricket in England. It provides four high-speed video cameras positioned at different locations and angles surrounding the field. The video feeds help determine the location of the ball through a triangulation view.
The second technology is the GoalRef, this tech uses a microchip technology instead of video. A microchip is inserted inside the ball, and goals are determined using low magnetic waves deployed around the goal area. Changes in the magnetic field are tracked, and whether they occur on or behind the goal line determine whether the goal was scored or not.
Deciding on controversial goals has been a bitter experience to both footballers and the fans. This officiating has been a very difficult thing, as the ball must completely cross the goal line in order to count. It is very hard to determine whether the entire ball has crossed the goal line unless the referee is watching from a very precise angle that is while FIFA introduced another referee to stand close to the goal post. But this seems not to help matters as during the just concluded Euro 2012, Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai decline to award a goal shot by Ukraine’s Marko Devic during a group-stage match between England and Ukraine when a third referee was there. The official has since publicly stated that the call was a mistake.
According to ESPN, the technology could be ready for use in UK leagues as soon as possible. FIFA intends to put both systems in place during the Club World Cup in Tokyo in 2013 as a trial. If the technology is successful there, they also hope to use it at next year’s Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter was also a member of that panel that accepted the goal-line technology. But despite this new technology in football, referees will still have the final say and can decide not to award a goal based on what they see, even if the technology says otherwise so they decided. Does that make any difference?
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