Football: Cech welcomes goal-line system

Cech was between the posts during Garcia’s infamous ‘ghost goal’ for Liverpool in the 2004-05 semi-final.

YOKOHAMA: Chelsea goal-keeper Petr Cech said he was delighted to be featuring in a Fifa trial of goal-line technology. Cech was between the posts during Luis Garcia’s infamous ‘ghost goal’ for Liverpool against the London club in the 2004-05 semi-final. The match, in which the current Blues’ coach Rafael Benitez was in the home dugout at Anfield, ended Chelsea’s quest to become champions of Europe that season. Liverpool went on to collect the crown. “I’m very happy with the decision and the trial,” said Cech, referring to Fifa’s use of two technologies at the Club World Cup in Japan. “I’ve been saying for the last 10 years that the game needed this technology. You can see with history that results in certain competitions could have been different.” GoalRef will be available to the referee when Chelsea take on Mexican side Monterrey in the semi-finals at Yokohama International Stadium on Thursday.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2012.