Bundesliga Against Implementing Goal-Line Technology

Germany’s top-flight Bundesliga have revealed they will not introduce goal-line technology

This is the result of a German Football Federation (DFB) board meeting, in which head referee Herbert Fandel “expressed his concern about the technology.” FIFA allows national federations to decide if they want to use a goal judge or goal-line technology, which all have a margin of error between two and three centimeters.

The Bundesliga wrote on their website: “In view of the contrasting positions of FIFA and UEFA, as well as the unanswered questions regarding measurement precision, the executive board of the League Association has decided not to introduce goal-line technology in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for the time being.

“A final decision will not be made until the results of FIFA’s planned tests at the FIFA Club World Cup in December in Japan and at the Confederations Cup in the summer in Brazil have been evaluated. The introduction of goal-line technology for the start of the 2013/14 season is, therefore, not an issue at present.

“After consultation and analysis of a club survey, the management board concluded that opinions were split on the matter.”