UEFA argues: From the next season of the Video-wizard in the king’s class of European club football. Maybe he comes in the next European championship.
The video evidence also comes in the king class: The UEFA has stored your “wait and see” attitude and will apply the technical assistance for referees in the future in the Champions League. Of the season 2019/2020 of Video Referees for controversial decisions to be informed the umpires on the field to assist, with the Union of European football on Thursday at the meeting of its Executive Committee in Nyon. In addition, there are plans, the technology is also in the finals of the European championship in 2020, the Europe to use the League from the season 2020/21 and the Nations League final in 2021.
We are confident that the start date in August 2019, a “stable System”, and to schools, the Impartial, said UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin. So far, the continental Association, in contrast to world football body FIFA and the German football had hesitated-Federal at the video evidence.
EM use, it is still unclear
In the Bundesliga the video proof for over a year in use and still very controversial
Shortly before the group draw for the current season of the Champions League in August Ceferin had already indicated that the UEFA of FIFA will follow line soon. “When we are ready, we will take advantage of you”, said the Slovenian in the League more much-discussed technology. Basically had not shown Ceferin, however, is more sceptical: “For me, it is clearly not enough. It was at the world Cup, some good decisions, but we have to see how it develops.” After the controversial Red card for Cristiano Ronaldo in the first group game of Juventus Turin FC Valencia, there had been many demands for the introduction.
For the first time in a UEFA game, the video proof will come in August, 2019 in the Supercup-duel of the then-current winner in the Champions League and Europa League in Istanbul. Then, the System is applied also in the Playoffs for the group stage. A EM use the UEFA will decide at a later time for good. It is unclear whether there will be UEFA-Play goal-line assistants. In contrast to FIFA, which uses the Format of tournaments in individual countries, such as in the case of the 2018 world Cup in Russia, the UEFA the Video Signal from a number of countries to the Referees. This is according to the continental Association is technically much more complicated.
to/asz (sid, dpa)