Goal-line technology: watch signals goal.
The reason: nobody had thought about the youth players from home team Utrecht who were trying to shoot the ball on the bar during halftime, says AD Sportwereld, a Dutch newspaper. Every time the players shot the ball in the goal, Makkelie’s watch buzzed and the text “goal” was shown.
Read more about how this system works.
The goal-line technology system is turned on two hours before the match to test it. It was the first time the system was used and technicians didn’t dare to turn it off because they were not sure if they could turn it back on.
Check out the video how referee Danny Makkelie scores to test the system
Doellijntechnologie maakt scheidsrechter gek. Horloge trilde bij elk doelpunt dat jeugdspelers in rust maakten http://t.co/62V5wB0ZuG
http://t.co/hQeaH49bXP lol
How do UK referees deal with youth players scoring goals during half time? Dutch refs went crazy because of it http://t.co/zVBLsGzrj8
Zou de @KNVB al een oplossing hebben voor doellijntechnologie en voetballende kinderen in de rust? Makkelie werd gek http://t.co/62V5wB0ZuG
isn’t it just simple matter of turning it off during half-time?