Manchester city Manager, Pep Guardiola has suggested that retrospective bans for diving are unnecessary, arguing instead that more help should be given to referees struggling to keep up with the speed of Premier League matches.
The Football Association announced on Thursday that a panel will review television footage of English matches from next season in an attempt to catch out cheats, and will issue suspensions to any players found to have dived.
The former Barcelona manager Guardiola argues that the football authorities should focus their attention elsewhere.
Asked if he thought it was necessary to tackle diving, Guardiola replied: “No, because everybody makes mistakes. Are we going to review the referees? No. It sometimes happens.
“It doesn’t matter what I say. My influence and my opinion don’t count. Whatever they decide, we’re going to accept and we’re going to accept the bans and the cases.
“I think diving is not the most important thing to improve. There are many other things we can improve.
“The referees, the referees they know everything. They are the bosses in those terms. I adapt to the rules, the federation, Fifa, Uefa, what they do for football.”
However, he also feels that referees find it increasingly difficult to keep up with the fast pace of top-level football, and has suggested that they need the assistance of video technology.
Goal-line cameras are already used in Premier League matches, but Guardiola has suggested that video technology could be used further.
He said: “Sooner or later that is going to happen.
The technology will help the referees to be fairer about what happens in the game to make fewer mistakes because there are a lot of mistakes.
“Football today is quicker, it’s faster. Before referees arrive to see a situation, the players are much, much faster – that’s why they need technology.
“It’s not about the quality. The qualities are good, the way they conduct the games.
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