Football’s lawmakers performed a stunning U-turn by kicking out goal-line technology for the foreseeable future, a crushing blow to the Football Association and Premier League who had jointly championed scientific methods for ending decades of controversy.
UEFA president Platini is a staunch opponent of any kind of technology and managed to convince the panel that adopting two more match officials was a better way for deciding whether the ball had crossed the line as well as monitoring fouls in the penalty area.
“There is a philosophical debate, it’s very simple,” Platini told The Sunday Telegraph. “Either you help them with additional pairs of eyes or with technology and I’m against technology. Once you start, who knows where you might stop. The 18-yard line, the offside trap? All I’m saying is let’s try my idea.”
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