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...both FIFA and its European pillar, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), have repeatedly rejected using video. Both bodies have threatened European pro leagues with dire consequences if they even test the use of replay. FIFA officials and the UEFA president, former French soccer great Michel Platini, advance a slim list of unconvincing reasons for slapping video down. The cost of such technology, they argue, would mean leagues in poorer countries wouldn't be able to use video, dividing soccer into haves and have-nots. They also claim that the time taken out to consult replays would destroy the rhythm...
...Instead, Platini has been testing the use of two additional referees, stationed behind each goal. These officials would scrutinize play in the penalty area - where the majority of contested calls are made. The problem with that, critics say, is it simply adds two more fallible humans to the current four-person officiating teams. "Thierry Henry's handling of the ball should relaunch the debate on video in soccer, because viewing replays would have allowed officials to sanction the offense, disallow the goal and preserve the integrity of the match," former French referee Bruno Derrien told France Info radio. (Read...
...UEFA's Champions League. That is something Blatter said Friday he's keen to "remedy", pointing to the English national team's failure to qualify for next month's European Championships as proof that the foreign presence in the Premier League is detrimental to English players. UEFA president Michel Platini has already questioned the loyalty of Premier League team's foreign owners, and suggested such overseas investors are damaging clubs' identity...
...dine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, [who] ... must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka...
...Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, but what about Materazzi? Won't he be punished too? He must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka I am so pleased that World Cup 2006 is over. It took up far too many of the TV sport channels. Football is without a doubt the most boring game to watch, especially at the World Cup level. What other game played by such enormously...