UEFA also said that it will not hold a vote to replace its banned president Michel Platini until the Frenchman’s appeals have been exhausted. Blatter who had been in charge at FIFA since 1998 was banned from football for eight years in December.
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“I don’t think it’s for UEFA to say, ‘We support Gianni, ‘” Dyke said ahead of the meeting. Of course [they] do their best relating to goal-line decisions as well, and what we have noticed is that in order to be prepared to judge goal-line incidents, they need to focus on the goal line before the ball arrives… they can miss something occurring at the same time in another place in the area.
UEFA summoned the leaders of its 54 national bodies to discuss the five-candidate Federation Internationale de Football Association election to succeed Sepp Blatter on February 26.
UEFA’s refereeing supremo, Italian Pierluigi Collina, came down in favour of using GLT at the forthcoming European Championship finals in France in June and July and his recommendation was endorsed by the executive committee, meeting in Nyon, east of Geneva.
The other candidates are Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale.
Soccer’s rule-makers, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), first approved the use of goal-line technology in 2012.
“There is no question of any deals”.
Asked about fears of vote buying, Infantino said “he had no concerns at all with regards to this election”. “I am very confident that everything will run in the right way”.
He said that an expanded 40-team World Cup could be co-hosted from 2026 onwards across regions. Infantino proposed a new FIFA Council for key decisions, 12-year term limits for officials including the president, more “independent voices” on key FIFA committees, declaring the remuneration of top FIFA members, naming a chief compliance officer and establishing a fully open tendering process for the body’s multi-billion dollar deals.
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But, he said, those clamouring for an end to the scandals and allegations that have tarnished world football should have confidence in his leadership, dismissing the notion that he was a regional candidate.
