Good to see Sepp Blatter apologising in the press for results affected by incorrect calls from referees. Bad calls that could have been avoided if HE as the head of FIFA had approved goal line technology. Let's face it, technology works well enough in cricket, tennis and rugby so why not football. Paraguay had a good goal disallowed against Spain and there were a number of other incidents in the run up to the last four that could have changed eventual results. You would think that getting the right result would be a priority for Blatter. Obviously not. 
But that's not Blatter's biggest balls up. That's reserved for the Adidas Jabulani football. A football introduced to make life more difficult for goalkeepers and thereby lead to more goals. What it's actually done is humble some of the biggest names in football. Even Ronaldo can't keep the thing below crossbar height. When this World Cup's over the stats will probably show more mis-placed passes and fewer long range shots on goal than in any other World Cup. It's all a joke and FIFA and Adidas will close ranks and claim the ball was a success. They can do nothing else or somebody might have to take the blame.
It's also worth noting that leagues sponsored by Adidas, and that includes the Bundasliga, have played with the Jabulani throughout the 2009 - 10 season. This is hardly a level playing field when many other teams didn't get to play with the Jabualni until the start of the World Cup.
Related articles by Zemanta So we have a head of FIFA who is more interested in new techology for balls than ensuring that the team that scores the most legitimate goals actually wins the game. How do these people get in to positions of authority?
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