After Much Speculation, Goal-Line Technology Gets its Chance to Shine in 2014 World Cup

Four days into the 2014 World Cup we saw history being made.  In the France versus Honduras game France became the first team to score a goal that was confirmed by the goal-line technology.  A bit similar to the line technology we see in tennis, the world cup technology uses a series of 14 cameras(seven on each goal line) to determine if a goal has been scored.  In order for it to count as a goal the ball needs to completely pass the line.  In less than a second this new technology processes all the information obtained by the cameras and transmits a result to the referee of the game. 

Sounds simple enough, but when you consider the amount of precision needed to analyze a goal that can be within 5 millimeters of the line and the fact that there are countless amounts of technological gadgets that can interfere with the transmission of the result this technology is very impressive.  It seems that Goalcontrol (the company behind this technology) has done its homework.  Goalcontrol beat out four other competitors by submitting itself to some grueling tests.  Some of the key factors that led to Goalcontrol being picked over the others were its ability for flexibility and functionality with any goal.  The technology is able to detect any type of ball and no modifications have to be made to the pitch.  Goalcontrol also had to go through a probation period in which it successfully detected 68 goals scored during the FIFA confederations cup in brazil in 2013.  Although that was a feat in itself, the intensity cannot compare to that of the World Cup, an event that comes around every four years and holds in its balance the communital glee or grief of a country. 

You can imagine why the reaction Honduras had when hearing that the goal line technology found in favor of France.  French striker Karim Benzema made an attempt on goal and blasted a shot off of the inside of the bar.  The ball ended up bouncing towards the goalkeeper who inadvertently knocked it into its own goal.  Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci went to the replay technology to confirm that it was in fact a goal, the goal was also confirmed as an own-goal due to the fact that the goalie knocked it in with his own hands. 

These kind of camera technologies have been around for quite some time in many forms.  The most typical camera technology out there is for home surveillance.  Cyber Technologies and their New York Security Alarms, New York Alarm Systems, Fairfield Security Alarms and New York City Security Alarms services have helped detect intruders the same way Goalcontrol detects goals.  Contact Cyber Technologies today for more information on how to keep you and your family safe.