Wilkins: Platini's five official plan rubbished

Extra officials were placed behind each goal during last season's Champions League campaign and at this summer's European Championship to monitor if the ball crosses the line as an alternative to technology.

However, co-hosts Ukraine were denied a goal against England in their final group stage match after one of the additional officials failed to spot that the ball had gone in, and Wilkins believes Platini's theory has been proved unviable for the future.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.