FIFA president Sepp Blatter has indicated that the organisation is open to the use of video technology for replays after the summer 2010 World Cup. Earlier Blatter has expressed serious reservations about such usage saying that it would interrupt the game's flow. The Guardian reports that Blatter said that, "I'm not absolutely against it. If the technology is ready to adopt, then I am in agreement. If the security of the system is guaranteed then we will introduce it. But it will not be ready for the 2010 World Cup. But in any case it will be studied in March, at the next meeting of the International Football Association Board, the international body which establishes football rules and is the only one that can change them." Blatter was talking to the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick.
Thierry Henry's controversial handball assist of the game-deciding goal in the World Cup qualifying match against Republic of Ireland prompted a wave of requests to consider the use of technology and additional referees. The additional referees will not be used during the World Cup although that experiment is being currently tried out in the Europa League.
Source: euFootball.BIZ
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