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LONDON. — Video replays to help football referees in key decision-making moments such as awarding penalties received the backing of England’s Football Association chairman Greg Dyke on Wednesday.
But Dyke said he was unsure about Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s idea to allow managers a number of challenges to referees’ decisions.
The FA has a powerful voice as it has one of the eight votes on the International FA Board (IFAB), the game’s law-making body, along with Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Fifa, which has four votes. The IFAB is due to discuss proposals in March.

Dyke told Sky Sports News: “I for instance would allow a referee to go straight to the cameras (replay) for a penalty but you can’t do that for every decision or the match would never finish.

“You don’t want to throw the game away — you have seen in rugby where referees hardly make a decision about tries now, that wouldn’t be a good idea for soccer but I do think use of technology should be considered carefully.”

Meanwhile, Dyke reiterated his view that it was “a mistake” for Blatter to stand for a fifth term in office but did not back the one other person who has said he will stand for Fifa president, the French former Fifa executive Jerome Champagne. — AFP.