03:37FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina held a press conference in Paris on Thursday, where he commented what was perceived as controversies in relation to the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and the goal-line technologies at the Women's World Cup.
"We are not making any experiment. We are simply implementing the laws of the game in all the competitions as the laws of the game say," Collina stated.
The official also defended the referees of the Argentina vs Scotland match, who ruled in favor of Argentina to retake and score a penalty which they missed in the intial attempt.
"We have to enforce what is written in the laws of the game. If a goalkeeper moves both feet off the goal line before the penalty kick is taken, we have no other choice then — if the goalkeeper saves the penalty — to order the penalty kick to be retaken. I repeat, it's not a matter of small encroachment or big encroachment. It is a matter of encroachment," said Collina.
"I think most of the problem came after Argentina—Scotland. I think most of the problem came because of how the match went through: 3:0, 3:3, so it created... because two days before the same penalty kick was retaken in Jamaica—Italy and nobody complained, nobody said nothing. So probably it was because of how the match went through," he added.
France: Collina defends VAR and goal-line technology after WWC controversies
FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina held a press conference in Paris on Thursday, where he commented what was perceived as controversies in relation to the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and the goal-line technologies at the Women's World Cup.
"We are not making any experiment. We are simply implementing the laws of the game in all the competitions as the laws of the game say," Collina stated.
The official also defended the referees of the Argentina vs Scotland match, who ruled in favor of Argentina to retake and score a penalty which they missed in the intial attempt.
"We have to enforce what is written in the laws of the game. If a goalkeeper moves both feet off the goal line before the penalty kick is taken, we have no other choice then — if the goalkeeper saves the penalty — to order the penalty kick to be retaken. I repeat, it's not a matter of small encroachment or big encroachment. It is a matter of encroachment," said Collina.
"I think most of the problem came after Argentina—Scotland. I think most of the problem came because of how the match went through: 3:0, 3:3, so it created... because two days before the same penalty kick was retaken in Jamaica—Italy and nobody complained, nobody said nothing. So probably it was because of how the match went through," he added.
FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina held a press conference in Paris on Thursday, where he commented what was perceived as controversies in relation to the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and the goal-line technologies at the Women's World Cup.
"We are not making any experiment. We are simply implementing the laws of the game in all the competitions as the laws of the game say," Collina stated.
The official also defended the referees of the Argentina vs Scotland match, who ruled in favor of Argentina to retake and score a penalty which they missed in the intial attempt.
"We have to enforce what is written in the laws of the game. If a goalkeeper moves both feet off the goal line before the penalty kick is taken, we have no other choice then — if the goalkeeper saves the penalty — to order the penalty kick to be retaken. I repeat, it's not a matter of small encroachment or big encroachment. It is a matter of encroachment," said Collina.
"I think most of the problem came after Argentina—Scotland. I think most of the problem came because of how the match went through: 3:0, 3:3, so it created... because two days before the same penalty kick was retaken in Jamaica—Italy and nobody complained, nobody said nothing. So probably it was because of how the match went through," he added.