Fifa president Sepp Blatter has revealed that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be the first major tournament to use goal-line technology, in a bid to stop incorrect officiating deciding games.

The technology-in-football debate rages on, with figures in the game divided in their opinions on whether the officials need extra help with big decisions.

With the use of replays in rugby and the advance in television and video footage in the game, many feel it is the right time to introduce this aspect into football.

The 75-year-old revealed the news to Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, in what will be a change to the way the game is played.

“Brazil 2014 will have technology to avoid ‘phantom goals’,” he told the Catalan daily.

“We have two good systems which correspond to the needs we have been considering: reliability, immediacy and methods that are uncomplicated to use,” he stated.

England fans will remember Frank Lampard’s un-awarded goal against Germany in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as a classic example of where technology could have helped the right decision be made, as whether the ball crossed the line or not could have been ascertained.

The full interview with Blatter is set to be published on Tuesday.

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