Referee boss worried:
“cancer that could kill soccer”
FIFA refereeing boss Pierluigi Collina sees verbal abuse of referees in children's and youth soccer as "a cancer that could kill soccer". The 65-year-old Italian expressed his concerns during the annual meeting of the International Football Association (IFAB) in Belfast.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The IFAB supports efforts by FIFA to ensure that more referees are equipped with body cameras for their own protection.
"Worse than before"
"It was never easy. I can say that it's worse now than before," explained Collina in an interview on Sky, also in view of the hostility on social networks. The introduction of modern technology into soccer - such as the introduction of the video assistant - is an improvement. Of course, there is room for further improvement, said Collina, who was voted the world's best referee of the year six times in a row around the turn of the millennium.
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