By Andrew Warshaw
December 13 – German football icon Franz Beckenbauer (pictured) has reiterated his opposition to goal-line technology.
Last March, in an interview with insideworldfootball, Beckenbauer said he hoped electronic aids for checking whether the ball has crossed the line would never see the light of day.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter recently conceded goalline technology could be introduced by next season after years of foot-dragging – or certainly by the 2014 World Cup – but Beckenbauer, until recently a member of FIFA’s executive committee, is not happy.
“Football is a simple game with simple rules,” the 66-year-old honorary President of Bayern Munich told German television.
“It should remain like that.
“The human aspect should not be ignored.”
Beckenbauer favours Michel Platini’s alternative system of two additional assistant referees who could also “see whether somebody fouls or pulls a jersey”.
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