Sepp needs a Blattering, he HAS crossed the line!

We all know who Sepp Blatter is, mainly for the wrong headlining reasons. Sepp Blatter is probably the most isolated man in the footballing world when it comes to...goal line technology.

There have been various calls from the majority of fans worldwide, national football institutions such as the Football Association, PFA and football clubs.

Juan Mata scored Chelsea's second 'goal' that should never have been given in the 5-1 FA Cup semi final win against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. The infamous moment when Martin Atkinson blew the whistle to award the goal turned the game on it's head in my opinion. Spurs players were furious and charged towards the match officials (referee and linesman) to offer their honest protests of the controversial decision.
I'm not having a go at the referee Martin Atkinson for the decision because it was an honest mistake, this should be a clear message to FIFA to introduce goal line technology ASAP. They need to consider that the European Championships 2012 are only 2 months away and then the big one, London 2012 Olympic Games. 
FIFA just like the world have also seen so many other significant goal line controversies from Frank Lampard's blatent equaliser vs Germany in South Africa (a moment which did not even need a replay to say it was at least a foot over the line). This legitimate goal would have brought the game back to 2-2 and we would have had a decent thrilling knockout stage game on our hands. As an England fan, I was furious when Frank Lampard's screamer was disallowed. This one moment convinced me that we need goal line technology, obivously it did because we got knocked out the World Cup by losing 4-1 to Germany in the very same game.

Another moment was QPR's goal at Bolton. Everyone knew that was a goal even the Bolton fans.


Arguably the most significant and biggest goal line talking point in history, Luis Garcia's 'ghost goal' in the UEFA Champions League semi final vs Chelsea at Anfield in 2005. Ironically, another game where my team is involved. This time it was my team who had claimed they had 'scored a goal'. As a Liverpool fan, I was celebrating in crazy fashion because we were beating the 'team to beat' in Europe at the time, Jose Mourinho's Chelsea. The fact that Petr Cech hadn't conceded in about 2 seasons worth of games, the determination for a goal was homongous. However when I analysed the various replays of the moment from different camera angles, my view changed and I was convinced that the defender William Gallas had a fair point, the ball DID NOT cross the line.
I remember this incident being so popular, even Sky and BBC NEWS had been showing this as NEWS all day for the week after. A huge talking point in my school just weeks before my Year 10 GCSE exams.

So then Sepp Blatter, the ball is in YOUR GOAL and YES this has CROSSED THE LINE!