Soccer: Emotion before accuracy says Blatter

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has ruled out the use of video replays or other technical help for referees at the next soccer World Cup.

Blatter yesterday insisted he could live with human error if the alternative was an attempt at scientific accuracy.

"If our game is becoming scientific then we will take away its emotion and nobody would have any discussion any longer if it was offside, not offside; if it was inside, not inside the penalty box," he said.

"No. This would destroy an essential element in this game - and this is emotion."

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