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FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he would "die" if there was another scandal due to an uncounted goal in the World Cup.
Recently, discussions have intensified regarding goal-line technology, which would allow to precisely determine whether the ball crossed the goal line. It is likely that this would become a practice already in the 2012-2013 season.
It is expected that this technology would help avoid scandals like in the last World Cup, when after an England player Frank Lampard's shot at the goal of the German national team, the ball clearly crossed the line but returned back onto the field, so the referees did not count it as a goal.
"We do not want to repeat the cases of the last World Cup. I believe I will convince the International Football Association Board (IFAB) that we need to move forward with technology. We simply cannot wait and see what happens," said the FIFA president.
"UEFA President Michel Platini does not agree with that, but if I see such situations in another world championship I would die."
Since the end of the 19th century, FIFA, which has four votes, and the football associations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland which each delegate one vote, make decisions on changing football rules in the deciding IFAB.
