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Headlines from British media online immediately after England's 4-1 loss to Germany:
News of the World: Headline: Blatter and FIFA have discredited the tournament. Excerpt: "He laps up the gratitude for bringing the World Cup to Africa, he schmoozes with royalty and Bill Clinton, he imagines FIFA to be some sort of global superpower that can have people incarcerated for wearing a frock. Yet Sepp Blatter allows World Cup football matches to be decided by the whim of a linesman. Yet he will still sit at matches, an emperor on high in the VVIP seats. At a tournament that he and FIFA have discredited through their refusal to embrace any sort of technology."
The Mirror: Headline: Bring in video technology. Excerpt: "Former England captain Alan Shearer today led the calls for goal-line technology to be introduced in football following the non-award of Frank Lampard's effort against Germany. Chelsea midfielder Lampard's lobbed effort in the first half of England's 4-1 defeat in Bloemfontein dropped a yard over the line but the Uruguayan officials failed to spot it. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has steadfastly refused to consider the possibility of goal-line technology but Shearer believes now he has to reconsider. He said on BBC 1: 'It was a good yard (over), all the ex-professionals and the superstars want it, every single person is calling for goal-line technology except for one person.' Not everyone can be wrong, can they?"
The Independent: Headline: "Lampard 'goal' that never was masks shortcomings. Excerpt: They will be talking about the miscarriage of justice for years. They will play the video of Frank Lampard's shot which hit the crossbar and bounced down over the line but was not spotted by the officials and say that was the moment England were cheated out of the 2010 World Cup."