UEFA continue to back 5 referee experiment

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/k...id=919695.html

UEFA Committee continue to back a 5 referee experiment
"Penalty area focus
In addition to the match referee and two assistant referees on the touchline, two extra assistants are placed behind the goalline, with the mission of focusing on incidents that happen in the penalty area, such as fouls or misconduct.

Benefits already clear
The committee agreed that the benefits of the experiment were already clear at this stage. In anticipation of final analyses, two extra pairs of eyes were already providing valuable assistance to referees and not only helping to minimise refereeing errors, especially in the penalty area, but also helping to improve players' conduct...."

For me the make-up of the Committee members are pretty cool......
"UEFA Football Committee
Chairman: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
Deputy Chairman: Vitaly Mutko (Russia)
First Vice-Chairman: Pavel Cebanu (Moldova)
Second Vice-Chairman: Dejan Savićević (Montenegro)
Third Vice-Chairman: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)

Members:
Demetrio Albertini (Italy)
Revaz Arveladze (Georgia)
Miodrag Belodedici (Romania)
Zvonimir Boban (Croatia)
Ivan Ćurković (Serbia)
Fernando Hierro (Spain)
Julius Kvedaras (Lithuania)
Yordan Letchkov (Bulgaria)
Anton Ondruš (Slovakia)
Gordon Smith (Scotland)"