Blatter - Keep out technology

Blatter against using technology in football

Blatter: Against using technology

Fifa president Sepp Blatter believes introducing technology in football would spoil the passion and emotion felt for the sport.

Football's world governing body has emphasised its objection to using technology to aid decisions on controversial incidents during matches, such as assisting referees in judging whether a ball has crossed the goal-line.

Blatter insists the sport should retain its human element, and that bringing in technology would prevent spectators from having their own opinions on the game.

"When you are in a football match there is no social level, everybody is the same and everybody in the stadium and at their television is an expert," said Blatter.

"Everybody is an expert and that is why we are not going into technology on the field of play, because if you have technology on the field of play, then there are no more experts."

Damage

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), football's rule-making body, in March voted against employing technology to decide if the ball crosses the goal-line in cases where it does not make contact with the net.

And Blatter says the fervour that comes with the sport would be damaged if science was introduced.

He added: "Then the science is coming in the game, no discussions, we don't want that. We want to have these emotions, and then a little bit more than emotions, passion."