Controversy in soccer

The soccer associations are quite stubborn. They're constantly inventing rules to improve the level of the game. The "6+5" rule would forbid teams to have more than 5 international players on the field at a time to help the development of native players. The expanded Euro Football Championship would assure more places to weaker countries (maybe even Hungary would qualify). A third linesmen would help the referee to make the good calls. But one thing they seemingly don't want to implement is the "video referee."

In major American sports, this kind of aid has been present for a long time. Although in different methods, all four major sports league (American Football-NFL, Basketball-NBA, Ice Hockey-NHL, Baseball-MLB) use video replays to make the game as mistake-free as possible. In American Football, coaches can call a "challenge" to show the referee that they disagree with a call. If they're right, the call gets reversed. if they're wrong, they lose a timeout, which are quite valuable in this game. In the other three, referees themselves can decide to look at a questionable situation again (whether a shot was released in time, a puck got over the line, or a hit was legal...).

The reason I'm writing about this is that I was present at a situation where this practice could have been helpful-soccer match, what else. A home player broke into the penalty area with the ball where he was seemingly fouled by an opponent. The referee awarded the home team with a penalty shot and showed the opponent player a yellow card which turned into a red later. The home team broke the scoreless tie with the penalty, and eventually won the game. From the stands, the call seemed correct. But as I read some forums, many people mentioned that television replays showed the foul was not at all evident.

I'm not saying that I'm unhappy with the call; after all, my team won. But it's not the way fans would like to see their teams win games. Also, the frustration of the opposing team's members and fans is understandable. I'm sure I would do the same if the things would have happened the other way around. Also, there were plenty of examples in the past where the video referee could have helped the actual one. However, the FIFA and the UEFA don't seem too convinced for reasons I simply can't understand...