Platini sceptical of video technology questioning vested interest groups - Inside World Football: “I think it is a bad thing. Now, if the tests show that it is a good thing, why not. I think this is not right and that it will not work,” said Platini .
“If it proves me wrong, great, but it should not be the business of the companies working on the video who win. There is a lot of lobbying in this area and a lot of interest behind this. Some have been preparing for a long time. I am quite against the introduction of technology.”
“Football is a beautiful game but that does not depend on the referee or whether a decision is right or not. Football is loved around the world for its fluidity, because it’s a game that does not stop. I do not want us to harm football. In rugby it’s a little easier because the game stops and starts all the time.”
Platini is hoping to clear his name in time for the European Championships finals in his native France but has admitted for the first time that his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport may not be successful.
“I have rarely seen someone win against FIFA or UEFA through CAS. My lawyers are optimistic, but I’m very sceptical,” Platini told L’Equipe. “I know how it works from the inside. It is FIFA against me. This is not a matter between two clubs.
“As long as I am president of UEFA, even if I am suspended, I’m close [to football]. If I am definitively suspended, I will watch on from afar.”
“If it proves me wrong, great, but it should not be the business of the companies working on the video who win. There is a lot of lobbying in this area and a lot of interest behind this. Some have been preparing for a long time. I am quite against the introduction of technology.”
“Football is a beautiful game but that does not depend on the referee or whether a decision is right or not. Football is loved around the world for its fluidity, because it’s a game that does not stop. I do not want us to harm football. In rugby it’s a little easier because the game stops and starts all the time.”
Platini is hoping to clear his name in time for the European Championships finals in his native France but has admitted for the first time that his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport may not be successful.
“I have rarely seen someone win against FIFA or UEFA through CAS. My lawyers are optimistic, but I’m very sceptical,” Platini told L’Equipe. “I know how it works from the inside. It is FIFA against me. This is not a matter between two clubs.
“As long as I am president of UEFA, even if I am suspended, I’m close [to football]. If I am definitively suspended, I will watch on from afar.”