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Platini against video replay
FIFA & UEFA - 15 October, 2007
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Count UEFA leader Michel Platini as among those who are against using video replay during matches, saying it would end the flow of contests.
Afraid that traditional refereeing would use replay as a crutch, Platini said that plans for an extra goal-area referee are worth experimenting.
"Video referees would destroy football," Platini said. "If we had this, in ten years' time, we would no longer have any referees, refereeing would be over forever and we would have to use a video.
"Video is a big problem for me. You would have to stop the game every ten seconds, for every decision that is questioned. Football is a human game and the mistakes are human. We need to help solve the mistakes, but we must not lose the human feeling of our sport.
Afraid that traditional refereeing would use replay as a crutch, Platini said that plans for an extra goal-area referee are worth experimenting.
"Video referees would destroy football," Platini said. "If we had this, in ten years' time, we would no longer have any referees, refereeing would be over forever and we would have to use a video.
"Video is a big problem for me. You would have to stop the game every ten seconds, for every decision that is questioned. Football is a human game and the mistakes are human. We need to help solve the mistakes, but we must not lose the human feeling of our sport.
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