The CEO of German technology system GoalControl has hit out at the choice of British firm HawkEye to provide the equipment being used in the Bundesliga from next season after a vote by the German Football League (DFL).
On Thursday, 15 Bundesliga clubs voted for the introduction of goal-line technology, with three against. The vote was the second of the year after the 36 clubs in the top two divisions of German football had failed to reach a two-thirds majority in March.
GoalControl CEO Dirk Broichhausen condemned the DFL's decision to use HawkEye for financial reasons, saying: "We are shocked and utterly disappointed.
"It's weird that FIFA trusts us and uses our system at the World Cup but that in the country of the World Cup winners, of all places, an English system will be used.
"We fought for the introduction, did all the groundwork -- and now others are harvesting it."
Germany coach Joachim Low has praised the decision to introduce goal-line technology in the Bundesliga.
Low said: "There have been enough decisions that have led to discussions. And if there's a way to make quick and clear calls, that's just good."
New FC Augsburg president Klaus Hofmann called for the introduction of video evidence, saying: "I am campaigner for video evidence. It doesn't have to be there all the time, but it should be possible twice during each half."
His stance was backed by Schalke's sporting executive Horst Heldt, who told Bild: "If you are ready to introduce new techniques, then we have to think about video evidence. Maybe today's decision was the first step towards that."