FIFA said Wednesday it wants no more Frank Lampards as soccer's world governing body gets set to unveil its goal-line technology in the opening match of the Club World Cup.
"What happened at the 2010 World Cup — and it has happened in the Italian league and in England in the Premier League over the last month — cannot happen again," FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said, referring to Lampard's obvious goal that was disallowed in England's 4-1 defeat to Germany during the second round in South Africa.
"We are using the technology for the first time in an official tournament, or any tournament for that matter. This incident in Germany-England, the ball was not two centimeters in the goal but it was clearly in — and the referee has not seen it."