FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter explained yesterday during the daily World Cup Press Conference how a new type of ink will make it possible to detect goals scored with the help of hands.
Says Blatter: "The idea is to keep God out of the World Cup."
The scheme underlines FIFA's commitment to fair play. Its objective is to make Maradonna-like hand-of-God goals, or Thierry Henry-like hand assists impossible at this World Cup.
The new technology is a special ink that is invisible on the ball itself but colors red in contact with sweaty hands. The redness disappears after fifteen seconds, thus leaving the possibility for the legal use of hands when throwing the ball in for instance. The use of gloves will not be allowed at the World Cup.
