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the ball  Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer watches as the ball
crosses the line  Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer watches as
the ball crosses the line during the 2010 World Cup match
against England - the goal was disallowed (Source: Reuters)   In
a commentary appearing in the journal Nature, science journalist
Nic Fleming says it is misleading to promise fans that the
technology would eliminate errors like the denial of an
apparently legitimate goal by England midfielder Frank Lampard
in the 2010 World Cup.    Similar systems are already used in
tennis and cricket.  "The introduction of goal-line technology
to football is likely to perpetrate a mass deception on
television viewers," writes self-proclaimed Sheffield United fan
Nic Fleming.      According to Fleming, the use of Hawk-Eye in
leg-before-wicket decisions includes a 'zone of uncertainty'
where the system admits that it cannot be certain whether or not
the ball would have hit the stump