Tweet report: 'Even Savage wasn’t confused by the goal-line technology'

France benefited from the first decisive use of goal-line technology at the World Cup on Sunday when the team was awarded a goal in its match against Honduras, which the French went on to win 3-0. With France leading 1-0, Karim Benzema’s shot hit the far post and rebounded to Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares, who fumbled the ball into the goal. The seven video cameras trained on the goal established that the ball had briefly crossed the line by a few inches, alerting the referee on his watch with a flashing “GOAL,” before the ball was pushed out again by Valladares. [caption id=“attachment_1571951” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The recording of the goal line technology is shown on a screen. AP[/caption] An own goal against Valladares was awarded, making the score 2-0 to France in the 48th minute. But there was some confusion seconds before when the system showed replays of Benzema’s shot hitting the post with the verdict “NO GOAL” before continuing to show the actual goal. The change infuriated the Honduras players, some of whom remonstrated with referee Sandro Ricci, while Honduras coach Luis Suarez bickered with France coach Didier Deschamps. At the end of the match, they hugged and made up. The technology is being used for the first time at a major international football tournament. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/478268927609696256 https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/478279086004273152 https://twitter.com/Footy_Jokes/status/478276163505123328 https://twitter.com/Thorm1d/status/478279531808456704 https://twitter.com/peterhughesdev/status/478279510526554112 https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/478269259760414720 https://twitter.com/shanerichmond/status/478279674670637056 https://twitter.com/Swannyg66/status/478267926546771968 https://twitter.com/timdavs/status/478280274036686848