FIFA president Sepp Blatter has labelled penalty shoot-outs 'a tragedy' and challenged Franz Beckenbauer to come up with an alternative.
Football loses its essence with shoot-outs, says FIFA chief
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has labelled penalty shoot-outs 'a tragedy' and challenged Franz Beckenbauer to come up with an alternative.
The UEFA Champions League final was
decided on penalties for the fifth time since 2001 when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich last weekend.
This followed Zambia's victory on penalties after a stalemate against Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations final in February.
It has prompted Blatter to call for a better solution to decide matches.
Blatter told the FIFA Congress in Budapest: "Football can be a tragedy when you go to penalty kicks. Football should not go to one to one, when it goes to penalty kicks football loses its essence.
"Perhaps Franz Beckenbauer with his football 2014 group can show us a solution perhaps not today but in the future."
Beckenbauer is head of the Football Task Force 2014 which has been charged with recommending rule changes in the game.
Technology
Meanwhile, the decision on the introduction of goal-line technology is now expected to take place in Zurich in July rather than the day after the Euro 2012 final in Kiev.
The International FA Board had been due to meet in the Ukraine capital on July 2nd but instead the meeting has been rescheduled for July 5th in Zurich due to logistical issues in organising the meeting so soon after the climax of the tournament.
Tests are being carried out on two goal-line systems including
an experiment on the Hawkeye system at England v Belgium at Wembley next month.
