The introduction of new technologies, such as the Video Assistant Referee championed by Sporting CP, was one of the topics of discussion at the Football Talks conference this week. IFAB Technical Director David Elleray was on hand to speak on the topic, explaining some of the decisions which have been taken.

 

"It is important that we interfere as least as possible but benefit the game as much as possible. This is the future of football and this will be the biggest change ever in the game. We want to eliminate refereeing mistakes and help football. It won't fix everything, but things will be fairer at least", said David Elleray, adding a word on Portuguese football: "Portugal has one of the top leagues in the world and the more countries try out this technology the better chance it has of working. We are happy to see Portugal want to take part in testing."