Blatter said he apologized to England and Mexico and that FIFA was already studying how to improve refereeing or match control.
"We will start with a new concept, ________________________. And we are going forward and we will come out in the end of October, beginning of November, with this new approach because something has to be changed."
Several FIFA referees reacted, noting that most of their calls are correct and very few mistakes actually affect the outcome of games. But, like British referee Howard Webb, many said________________________.
Football fans and analysts for years have called for the introduction of video replays to allow referees to review controversial calls. Others have called for adding more officials to the one referee and 2 linesmen currently in use. But Blatter and many in the football governing hierarchy have opposed such changes, saying they halt the free-flowing movement of the game and ________________________.