Platini pushing for extra officials but resisting goal-line technology

UEFA president Michel Platini has claimed goal-line technology will lead to “PlayStation football.”

Platini, who is pushing for two extra assistant referees behind the goal-line at games, said football had to help match officials gain more respect.

Football’s law-makers last week took the first step towards introducing goal-line technology but speaking on a visit to Glasgow, Platini said: “One referee is not enough, not in the modern era where you have 20 cameras. It is unfair: the cameras can see everything but the referee only has one pair of eyes. Every time he makes a mistake, those cameras are there to focus on it.