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About time: FIFA to test goal-line technology

The powers that be will test out a GoalRef system in the Danish league and Hawkeye in Hampshire this summer.

FIFA HAS ANNOUNCED plans to test goal-line technology in live matches.

Soccer’s governing body says the GoalRef system will be used either in two matches in Denmark’s top league or in one league match and an international exhibition.

The other system being considered by the International Football Association Board, the game’s rule-making body, is Hawk-Eye.

That will be used in England’s May 16 Hampshire FA Senior Cup Final, a competition generally for amateur clubs.

IFAB is set to make a final decision on whether to allow the use of goal-line technology at a meeting on July 2.

There also will be a series of lab and training ground tests on the systems, which should help officials decide whether the ball has crossed the goal line.

Will it work?


Poll Results:

Yes, FIFA will see the error of their ways and implement GoalRef in all top leagues. (53)
No, they'll 'umm' and 'ah' about it until the cows come home and nothing will change. (44)

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