I agree, that's FIFA for you. They are too wrapped up in tradition and having one lead official. They recently added two officials next to the goal line in Champions League games to check for when the ball crosses the line. They are also meant to help with in the box decisions but we haven't really seen it used.
Personally I'd like to see the two extra officials given the ability to advise the referee more, I'd like the use of goal-line technology and I'd like a fourth official watching the video feed to 'advise'. The trouble with that is you'd have to make sure it didn't slow the game down. Personally I'm in favor of post game video to heavily fine & suspend players.
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