I would like it to stay as it is. Errors even each other out. Just ask England .

Great that goal line technology is being introuduced into football. On your question about that technology could spread into other areas of football. The solution to that is too make sure referees and linesman are better at their job. They need more training to improve their judgement on things

@jumpingpolarbear Have you even watch football games to know how much matches was won by the wrong team just because of referee blunders at the goal?

Dear John Sinnott, Tofik Bakhramov wasn't Russian linesman, he was Azerbaijan-Sovet linesman.

About time. No other decision making process has the finality of goals in the game of football. Therefore, it shouldn't be compared with anything else like off-side, foul and penalty decisions. Platini does not have a better argument than to continue flawed ref. decisions unabated in football. Meanwhile, Platini/UEFA's so called alternative of 5refrees has just failed woefully during the England/Ukraine match. Please....

Dear Farhad. John Sinnott knows that, which is why he used "quotation marks" around Russian. He was being ironic.

About TIME!!!

Is a good decission, but that should apply in the field of play. officiators to be mindful of their profferssion.

I believe that this decision should have happen' "if available" at least two or three seasons ago. I cannot understand what the fuss is all about. Football has tried adding more than one Ref and still there are goals scored only to be ruled out.
Rugby in the UK has video ref at every match being played and it works very well for the sport.
Something must be done sooner than latter' if not the ref will be having so many players around him telling they believe the goal should stand.
Please lets get everything sorted out and lets get on in playing the game and it should be' it is 2012 and the arguments will go on and on' it will mean football will suffer in the long term.
If the official behind the goal can't tell if the ball had crossed the line or not' bring on the camera to sort out this mess.

No harm in trying goal line technology. For a while it could be employed on an experimental basis in top footballing nations. Later on FIFA, UEFA and other Continental FAs could come to a consensus to have it or not.

"goal techinology"?! how about jsut usign the video reply when available. FIFA will likely overdo it, and use it ONLY for goals. YOu could have an additiona ref, watchign the game jsut like you and I, and just telling the ref when there was a hand or not, or when someone faked and injury. Mistakes by the referee I am willign to accept. Players pusposely tryign to deveice the ref and gettign away with it, that is harder to take.

I have some comment about this topic ...

If we'll use the technic to help for this matter .. What about the call
that happen for the one before this call ? And should we use technic to help all the game and what about the referee . The ref should decide the call that he had made it. Let say for example .....

The referee miss the 1st. call that should be penalty spot for the goal .

Should we consider as the human error or just another part of the game for this human error . And if we could not trust for the referee . Why don't we just install the camera arount the field and let the referee sit on the side line and watching on the T.V. moniter instead of running on the field ....

We need the talking points, just leave it as is but train the refs! Otherwise the game will be on joystick!

Evolution it is the word, since the beginning, football (soccer) had it all, a new way of entertain our selves, sports wise talking. However, like many other activities that men has, technology plays nowadays a big role and, why this should be the exemption? I believe it was long over due the implementation of it in this sport.

Should we consider as the human error or just another part of the game for this human error . I am sure they will work it out.

Just train the refs more? Game will soon be played on joystick? Ridiculous comments, clearly refs can't possibly see everything depending on the angle of play and etc. Yes goal-line will lead to tech questions in other areas but everything can be worked out for the better (fairness) of the game, it just requires effort! It's about time tech is implemented.

blatter has tried bt FIFA will regret da stupid football they are going to bring to da world.

Has anyone asked the one important question. How will goal line technology deal with the issue of "the whole of the ball crossing the whole of the line" as a certified referee and a defensive player (who has saved many aball from crossing the line) will the new technology sound off if the ball is on the line or only when the ball hits the back of the net. This issue must be resolved before technology implemented in international play

Tierry Henry robbing Ireland of a place in the world cup with a goal from a hand ball. Lampards ball that crossed the line in the cup and not being allowed. Maradona cheating his way into the record books even. Do the same as they do in NFL with flags to challenge a play, its simple and just in place to enable a fair and honest result. This sport is marred with cheaters and divers at the moment and it needs to be stamped out.

Realistically, if you had GPS tracking device on the ball and each player, why would you need a line judge? A computer system would automatically tell you if a player was offside or not

@Josh,

GPS technology is not accurate enough to pick up offsides, line crossings and other decisions based on the position of player or ball in the field of play.

Commercially available real-time GPS accuracy is roughly in the order of 1 metres (3-4 feet). Not good enough for goal line crossing detection.

You will need military grade GPS signals to achieve this.

As a referee, I support goal line technology. I might could be convinced to let a fifth referee watch the video (FIFA currently prohibits the use of any video technology). I don't like the thought of coaches challenging referees. Soccer is a much more fluid game than American Football, all the stops would break up our beautiful game. GPS technology is a no go for offsides, btw – referees' judge body parts (head, feet, and torso) relative location to the second to last defender for offsides.