Technology in football? Don't flatter yourself. Even if they implemented it in the current World Cup, the FIFA officials are not very keen about actually using it in the near future. And the perfect example is France's match against South Korea. When leading 1-0, the French had a great opportunity to score a second goal. Patrick Vieira produced a stunning header, as the ball was saved by the Korean goalie. Still, if looking at the video evidence, you could see that France scored a perfectly clear goal.

Thierry Henry was the first one to condemn referee Benito Archundia's decision to disallow Vieira's goal: "It's unbelievable. We scored a good, decent goal, and he took it away from us. Why didn't he look at the video recording evidence?". Raymond Domenech, France's coach, agreed: "It's a pity we all have the technology, but still we don't use it".

Taking all of that under consideration, FIFA issued a statement, saying that the new technology will not be implemented until it will be proven to be extremely efficient and 100% reliable.

"The experiment with the chip ball in Peru was 'not bad' but it was not 100 percent conclusive. We are open about reviewing technological support, but its introduction depends on a system being developed that is 100 percent reliable, otherwise we will not use it", said Markus Siegler, the FIFA spokesman, referring to the 2005 under-17 Championships experiment, when they used a ball with a microchip in it.

Meanwhile, Sepp Blatter continues to condemn the use of technology in football. He still insists that football must have a "human face" and that a "human error" like the ones the referees make, are part of the game. Yeah… right. By the way, Togo just had 2 clear penalty shots against Switzerland that were not allowed by the referee. But hey… making mistakes is human, right?