Football referees train ahead of the World Cup

Football referees train ahead of the World Cup at Recreio in Brazil. Duration: 00:56

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SHOTLIST: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. 6 JUNE 2014 SOURCE: AFPTV IMAGES - -VAR of referees training -VAR of referees taking a group photo SOUNDBITE 1 - Massimo Busacca, Head of Refereeing Development with FIFA (man, French, 20 sec): (about the goal-line technology) "We essentially saw that... We must say that referees have their limits, like everybody else. And here we saw that there were limits in terms of seeing if the ball came in or not (talking about the World Cup in South Africa). Now we have the goal-line technology, we have this technology but we must say this: the referee must be focused, he still has to show his personality during the game." "Ifaut dire que les arbitres ont des limites, comme tout le monde. Et là on a vu qu'on a vraiment des limites à voir si la balle est entrée [référence à la Coupe Afrique du Sud]. Maintenant, on a la goal-line technology, on a cette technologie mais il faut dire une chose: l'arbitre doit encore être concentré, il doit encore montrer sa personnalité dans les situations." SOUNDBITE 2 - Massimo Busacca, Head of Refereeing Development with FIFA (man, French, 24 sec): (about how the use of technologies is increased in order to help referees) "We still have to accept that the referee can make mistakes. To me it's part not only of the game but also of life. Everybody makes mistakes, like you reporters, we have to accept that." "Je ne suis pas très convaincu vraiment. // Il faut encore accepter que l'arbitre il peut faire une erreur. Pour moi ça fait partie, pas seulement du match, ça fait partie de la vie humaine. Comme toutes les personnes font des erreurs, comme vous les journalistes, il faut encore accepter." ///