Editing Sepp Blatter (section)

=== Technological assistance ===
The criticism attracted by Blatter's refusal to allow [[goal-line technology]] or [[Instant replay|video replays]] intensified following the controversial [[Frank Lampard]] disallowed goal in the match between [[England national football team|England]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]] on 27 June 2010.<ref>{{cite news |author=Owen Gibson in Bloemfontein |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/28/world-cup-2010-goal-line-technology-fifa |title=World Cup 2010: Stubborn Fifa rules out using goal-line technology at guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=20 June 2013 |location=London |archive-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107233900/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/28/world-cup-2010-goal-line-technology-fifa |url-status=live }}</ref>

Two days later, Blatter stated that he deplored the "evident referee mistakes" in the England v Germany and Mexico v Argentina matches, and apologised to the English [[The Football Association|Football Association]] and the [[Mexican Football Federation]] (the two organizations directly concerned by the referees' mistakes), acknowledging that Lampard had indeed scored against Germany and that Tévez's goal against Mexico had been scored from an offside position.

He added: "It is obvious that after the experiences so far at this World Cup it would be a nonsense not to re-open the file on goal-line technology. […] We will come out with a new model in November on how to improve high level referees. […] I cannot disclose more of what we are doing but something has to be changed."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8771294.stm "World Cup 2010: Blatter sorry for disallowed goal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202084906/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8771294.stm |date=2 February 2019 }}, BBC, 29 June 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/29/world-cup-2010-sepp-blatter-technology "World Cup 2010: Sepp Blatter says sorry to England for disallowed goal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510214351/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/29/world-cup-2010-sepp-blatter-technology |date=10 May 2017 }}, ''The Guardian'', 29 June 2010</ref>