Champions League to Use 2 Extra Referee Assistants This Season
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Europe’s Champions League will be one of several competitions to use two extra assistant referees after soccer officials approved the system for another season.
The technical subcommittee of the International Football Association Board, the sport’s rules-maker, approved the plan at a meeting today in Cardiff, Wales. The IFAB is made up of world governing body FIFA and the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh soccer associations.