Blatter defends decision to rule out technology

Blatter added that using technology to help referees can be very expensive and stopping games to review decisions would destroy the sport's natural dynamism.

Football's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), last Saturday voted against using technology to help referees judge if the ball has crossed the goal-line in cases where it does not land in the net.

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