UEFA won’t replace Platini while he’s trying to overturn ban

UEFA also said in a statement it would not schedule a presidential election to replace Platini until the Frenchman’s appeal process had been completed.

Platini has already withdrawn as a candidate for next month’s Federation Internationale de Football Association presidential election and UEFA’s executive committee has now formally backed UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino in the election campaign. Meanwhile, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino on Tuesday promised reforms to make scandal-tainted FIFA “credible” and more money for member countries if elected head of football’s world body next month.

Snowball explained: “The technology, also used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, has practically ceased the debate on whether a ball has crossed the goal-line….”

“I’m not the European candidate, I’m not the UEFA candidate”, said Infantino.

“The system will work alongside additional assistant referees who will continue to monitor all activity in and around the penalty area”.

The goal-line technology has widely been applied in the major leagues in Europe, and the technology proved to be more effective than human operations.

CONCACAF’s Webb, who also served as FIFA’s former vice president, was arrested in May in Switzerland along with six other soccer officials.

FIFA Ethics Committee said the payment to Platini, made at a time when Blatter was seeking re-election, lacked transparency and presented conflicts of interest, though both men denied any wrongdoing and are appealing their bans.

Asked about fears of vote buying, Infantino said “he had no concerns at all with regards to this election”.

“The UEFA executive committee and UEFA’s national associations would like to state that we have taken note of the decision of the FIFA ethics committee to suspend the UEFA president, Michel Platini”.

“I’m a football person, so I feel that I am the candidate for football”.

Infantino is competing against Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain, ex-FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale.