Should video technology used in soccer?

In these days, referees in World Cup became the spotlight because of two obvious errors in two matches. England supporters presented their anger about Frank Lampard’s not-allowed goal when they saw the slow motion video which clearly showed that the ball has already crossed the goal line. In the other matches, the players of Mexico argued about an allowed Argentine goal scored by Carlos Tevez who was significantly offside. Unsurprisingly, the discussion of whether video technology as video tapes and eagle eye should be used in soccer game became popular again.
Some people believed that fairness was the one of the most important principles of soccer as well as other sports. Every technology which benefits on keeping matches playing in fair way need be considered to apply in soccer. Therefore, modern video technology, which would certainly help referees to make correct decisions, should be used in soccer game undoubtedly.
Referees make mistakes as everyone. They are nearly impossible to keep their eyes on every corners of the field where a foul or a offsite might occurs. It is unfair but probable that they would change the result of the entire match by making wrong decisions. In 1986, England unfairly got behind by a referee’s mistaken allowed goal scored by Diego Maradona’s left hand which determined the victory of Argentina in the semi-final of World Cup. However, video tapes would definitely help them to reduce the number of wrong decisions by providing opportunities to know what happened exactly at that moment. 
However, other people worried that watching video tapes would ruin the authority of referees so how. Soccer is a sports game with different cultures. Players and referees may have different opinions on a single activity because of different soccer cultures backgrounds. For example, tackling from backside is looked as a definitely foul in Spain which may be acceptable in England’s match.  That’s why there should be a referee who can authoritatively keep the game playing in one standard. Possible changes of decisions might drop the credibility of the referee.
Moreover, constantly using video replay to identify fouls would divide the game into several parts. Organizers and referees could no longer control the time of a match as NBA. Soccer fans may left the game because of frequently pauses which made the game unenjoyable.
In my opinion, fairness is of course the most important principle of the game.  Basically denying a goal which had crossed the line is absolutely unacceptable. Video technology should be used in soccer game because it will certainly help referees to make the decision on whether there is a goal or an offsite
But, considering the soccer game’s enjoyablility and culture backgrounds, the times of technology using must be limited. On one hand, the game will not be divided by frequently video replays. On the other hand, Referees can still keep their authority on the field.

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