Goal line technology…
The beautiful game becomes the godly game – and it’s all down to the addition of goal line technology. The debate as to whether goal line technology should be implemented into football is one that has been going on for decades, and I for one am glad that it has.
You may lose a bit of banter with the lads over controversial goal opportunities but at the end of the day when it works in your favour you won’t be complaining. Take Geoff Hurst’s 1966 celebrated goal in the world cup final, how many people still taking about that today? This game is one of the most debated examples for goal line tech in sport, as it is the biggest tournament of the most popular game in the world, between two of the biggest rivals in world football. Yes, the linesman was adamant that the ball crossed the line, but we will never know for sure. If we did have goal line technology, then we could have sealed the deal there and then.
Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany
Do you want a more modern example? Okay, so I don’t know why I’m asking you this, but do you remember England vs. Germany in the 2010 South Africa World Cup? Well, just in case you don’t, Germany were two nil up against England when Frank Lampard fired an absolute rocket at the German goal, causing the underside of the crossbar to rattle uncontrollably whilst the ball quite clearly bounced over the line, visible to all but the linesman and the referee, keeping the score at 2-0. I think it’s safe to say that every single England supporter that saw that, seriously considered goal line technology to be a necessity from then on.
Although yes there is the rather purist argument that Football is the biggest sport in the world, and it has become such without the need of goal line technology or any type of technology for that matter. But when it comes down to it the positives outweigh the negatives easily, besides it’s only making the game fairer, so how is that a bad thing?
Thank you for reading, until next time, see ya.
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