The use of goal-line technology has opened a Pandora's box in football and encouraged demands for other forms of electronic aids to be used, Uefa president Michel Platini said on Friday.
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"I told you from the start I was against this technology, because then we will have offside technology,penalty technology, throw-in technology, everything," he told a news conference.
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"The Pandora's box has been opened, that's what I said would happen at the beginning and now we are getting the confirmation."
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The Frenchman has fought almost a lone battle against the use of goal-line technology, which was approved by football's rule-making body last year.
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It was used at the World Club Cup last December, the Confederations Cup in June and is now in use in the Champions League.
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Uefa have developed an alternative system of having two extra linesmen, one on each goal line, which is used in European club competitions and the European championship.
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Platini said that experience in other sports had shown that video technology was not 100 percent reliable.
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"Rugby is using technology with forward passes and French television now want to start the matches earlier," he said.
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"You have to review the action and the referees are no longer taking decisions because you have to run to a monitor and the referees are waiting for technology to decide.
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"I was against this all along, here it is and the debate has now kicked off and we will have a debate for the next couple of years on our hands."
If goal line technology would help referees make important and crucial decisions then i support it!