GOAL-LINE technology will be installed at Celtic Park next Wednesday when the Hoops face Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Champions League play-off round.
UEFA used the Hawk-Eye system during Euro 2016 and voted earlier this year to adopt the technology in their premier club competition from the play-off round onwards.
The system has already been implemented in the English Premier league, German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A and will be used along with additional assistant referees.
Hawk-Eye functions uses seven cameras and control software that tracks the ball within the area of the goal, indicating whether or not it has crossed the line.
UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina said: “Goal-line technology and additional assistant referees complement each other perfectly. The main task of the AARs is not to control the goal-line and decide whether a ball has crossed it.
“Rather they are responsible for monitoring everything that is happening in the penalty area overall, aiding the main referee in making important decisions in the box. Now, with goal-line technology focused on the goal-line, the additional assistants can focus exclusively on the control of other incidents in the penalty area, the most crucial area of the pitch.”
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