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Sport Today: Does football need more technology?

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Does football need more technology?

2017/03/29 GMT

BBC World Service - Sport Today, Does football need more technology?

The video assistant referee played a big part in France's 2-0 defeat to Spain.

In the most high-profile use of new technology so far, the Video Assistant Referee was called upon twice in an international friendly between France and Spain in Paris on Tuesday. One goal was disallowed while another stood having being originally ruled. We ask how well the technology was recieved and how likely it is to be a mainstay of the sport.

Picture: France's Antoine Griezmann had a goal disallowed. Credit: Getty Images.

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