Fifa has ruled out the introduction of video technology to assist officials during games thereby ending all further experiments with goal-line technology.
The International FA Board (IFAB) meeting in Zurich announced on Saturday that goal-line technology would not be pursued.The English and Scottish FAs were in favour of technology but were outvoted 6-2 on the IFAB by Fifa�s four votes plus those of the Wales and Northern Ireland FAs.
According to J�r�me Valcke, the Fifa general secretary, football will have to continue to accept such errors.�Questions will always come, we just hope they will not come in the final of the World Cup,� he said. �Technology should not enter into the game. It was a clear statement made by the majority of the IFAB. The main part of the game should be humans � players and referees.
�If we start with goalline technology, then any part of the game and pitch will be a potential space where you could put in place technology to see if the ball was in or out, and then you end up with video replays. The door is closed.�
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