Key decisions that will make World Cup forever memorable

I’m not talking of Luis Suarez, the mischievous cannibal from Uruguay. That’s not news. He bites for a living. That’s his day job. In which competition has this Uruguayan not devoured a chunk of someone’s meat? By the way I’m not talking about Cameroon’s poor performance at the World Cup.

Cameroon draws some joy from such kind of show. Watching them play gives one the impression that Roger Milla and his class of 1990 were playing for a different country. Today Cameroon has been reduced to a serial failure that does not even deserve qualification to the World Cup in the first place.

It is so heartbreaking to watch the Indomitable Lions. The lion was probably conquered ages ago and all we have today is a bunch of castrated cubs that can no longer bite.
The goal line technology, the referee’s white cream and the cooling break - these three items in Fifa check-list will forever change the face of football.

Despite the numerous Fifa attempts to muzzle goal-line technology crusaders, the noise was just too much for them to ignore. This crusade was spearheaded by the vociferous English FA and peaked at the 2010 South Africa when the Three Lions were robbed of a clear goal scored by Frank Lampard against Germany.

Amidst a global growing demand for the introduction of the technology, Fifa stood its ground saying that football thrives on quick reflexes of players, natural decisions of the referees and time limits of the game. But having constantly been at war with the English FA over a myriad of issues affecting the game, Fifa finally bowed to the pressure and gave in to this ‘little request’.

In 2014 we have the goal line technology. Unfortunately, England did not stay long enough to enjoy the fruits of their crusade. They left so early! Seeing Canaan but not getting there. Familiar?
The goal line technology is going to have a robust effect on the global football scene as authorities will have to put in huge budgets to renovate football facilities to be in tune with the new technology.

Even my Nyakayiemba village primary school in my Suba neighbourhood will get an upgrade because it is the centre of all sporting activities in the area.
Then comes the referee’s cream during fouls and isn’t the whole world just amazed at FIFA’s innovation! Why are we wasting volumes of shaving cream on the pitch like that?

And the referees love it! They spray it with so much gusto you may think they intentionally long for when next to use it.

But then this reveals the other side of players. Players are too dishonest to be trusted with a mere standing point on the pitch so the referee has to mark it.

Then that cooling break first used during the Netherlands-Mexico Round of 16 match was a whole new one in the game. Football is now turning into a court game with quarters like basketball and tennis.

But if we have 90 minutes of football and 3 minutes of water in Brazil - in the Amazon - what do we expect in Qatar 2022? Ninety minutes of water and 3 minutes of football?
Fifa can really change! To the hardliners who want football to stick to the conservative model, better luck next time!