Why is FIFA against adding instant replay to the game?

Answer 1

There are a few fundamental considerations:

1. Uncertainty is a part of the game. The referee and linesmen are the arbiters of the action. Instant replay would limit their authority.
2. Football is global. Many places do not have access to the technology necessary to implement instant replay.
3. Football is a fast-paced game with few opportunities for stoppage. Instant replay would unnecessarily slow the pace.
   In 2008, FiFA President Sepp Blatter said:

"Let it be as it is and let's leave [football] with errors. The television companies will have the right to say [the referee] was right or wrong, but still the referee makes the decision – a man, not a machine."

Blatter and others at FIFA have repeatedly argued against using instant replay. But lately, FIFA has begun to come around on the idea. At FIFA's Congress in São Paulo prior to the 2014 World Cup, Blatter proposed allowing managers 2 challenges per game, much like the NFL handles challenges today.