Uefa to use the Europa Leauge to trial new refereeing system.

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Looks like we will be part of Uefa's guinea pig expierment next season:

BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Uefa trials new refereeing system

Next season's Europa League - formerly the Uefa Cup - will be the testing ground for games using five officials.

The trial will see two extra assistant referees officiate by standing behind the goals and communicating by headset.

Everton, Aston Villa and Fulham are among more than 150 clubs set to play their European games under the system.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said: "We were looking where we can have such experiments. Now we have found a solution together with Uefa."

The idea is credited to Uefa president Michel Platini, who opposes goal-line technology and wants to retain a human element in decision-making.

The system involves an extra official standing on the side of each goal assisting the referee and two touchline assistants by communicating through headsets.

European football's governing body Fifa and its rule-making arm, the International Football Association Board, ordered a trial of the system last year as an alternative to using video replays.

Uefa used the five-official system at last year's under-19 European Championship qualifying matches in Slovenia, Hungary and Cyprus, where it was hailed a success.

Having an extra pair of eyes monitoring play in each area had a preventive effect and promoted better decision making on suspected fouls.

Players were less prone to shirt-pulling at corners and free kicks, diving in the area and dissent, it reported.
The announcement that matches in the Europa League will be played with the experimental system came after a two-day meeting of Fifa's executive committee in Nassau.

Qualifying-round matches for the Europa League begin in July.

 

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Penaltys all over the show.

 

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Penaltys all over the show.

If there going to get done for it, they should forget about pulling shrits just lash down someones shorts and there going nowhere!

*Premiership footbaler is BHS Yfront shocker!

 

[Goat]

I blame Earl. No, Wyness. Infact, its all Rafas fault, the utter, utter melt.

 

[Desaparecido]

Why do UEFA want to retain a human element in decision making? I'd simply like to know out of curiosity.

 

[Goat]

Probably so they can blame a person, rather than the system. Accountabilty.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

Penaltys all over the show.

You know what mate that's the only way we're gonna get them to stop.

I'm still waiting for a brave Premier League referee to say 'right, any tugging on the corner and I give a penalty'. You'd see at least 10 penalties a match if players carry on the way they do now, but it's the only way they'll stop.

Sick to death of this 'everyone does it so what can you do' culture. It's against the bloody rules. It's a foul. It's a penalty. Every time.

 

[toffeestillidie]

perhaps my math is off, but right now don't we use a 4 official system, center ref, 2 linesmen, and a 4th official for time keeping. how is adding one ref going to yield two extra penalty area judges?

to me this sounds like they're just going to encourage diving, because fouls will be easier to spot, but whether or not someone dives is always hard to determine. especially late on in games, players will frequently hit the floor as the risk is probably worth it.

 

[Bundy]

Why do UEFA want to retain a human element in decision making? I'd simply like to know out of curiosity.

Cause it's easier to buy a referee to get decisions your way, you can't as easily do that with a video.

 

[Gerard_Francis]

You know what mate that's the only way we're gonna get them to stop.

I'm still waiting for a brave Premier League referee to say 'right, any tugging on the corner and I give a penalty'. You'd see at least 10 penalties a match if players carry on the way they do now, but it's the only way they'll stop.

Sick to death of this 'everyone does it so what can you do' culture. It's against the bloody rules. It's a foul. It's a penalty. Every time.

Free for all. Referees have no control, they've decided it's outside their jurisdiction

 

[Whitebootman]

Good idea getting some extra eyes for the crowd scenes during set pieces. I agree with NeoNaoNeo though, it's getting the officials to act on what they see. There will be murder in the first few games if they stamp hard on any shirt pulling, simulation, etc.

I still like the 'human element' in games but extra assistants can also mean extra bias/prejudice from officials. Imagine an assistant just watching one player with a bad rep. Still room for a quick look at a video replay in some cases during a game.

Nice to see UEFA try something new though.