Juventus: no goal line technology at the Luz stadium

This Tuesday, the Champions League resumes its rights. Whereas Paris Saint-Germain receives Maccabi Haifa on the Parc des Princes, Juventus travels to Portugal to face Benfica Lisbon with the intention of staying alive on this group H. This assembly, which will likely be performed on the Stade de la Luz (kick-off at 9 p.m.), will likely be refereed by Srdjan Jovanovic. The Serb and his assistants will even have work. Certainly, the objective line expertise, the instrument to find out if a ball has entered the objective or not, won’t be obtainable.

This was introduced by UEFA on Tuesday. “The native membership, unbeknownst to UEFA and the objective line expertise supplier, commissioned work within the Estadio da Luz which rendered the system dysfunctional. Sadly, it won’t be potential to interchange and set up a brand new system in time for the match and due to this fact the sport will happen with out the usage of objective line expertise in accordance with UEFA Champions League laws”, can we additionally learn on the web site of the European physique. This night, the officers will due to this fact must do with out it and, due to this fact, additional consideration will likely be required from the assistants.