FIFA is to test a device intended as a possible solution to goal-line disputes during matches.
The devicewill be tested at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on February 26, the day before the English League Cup final.
If successful it could be used in the final itself, a spokesman for the governing body said on Wednesday.
However, FIFA has reiterated its opposition to the use of video replays despite a blatant error in Tuesday’s English Premier League game between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.
Spurs were denied a late winner when the referee and linesman failed to spot that a shot by midfielder Pedro Mendes had crossed the line by at least a yard before United goalkeeper Roy Carroll retrieved it.
FIFA’s director of communications Markus Siegler said on Wednesday: “FIFA is strongly against the use of video evidence to decide the referees’ decisions.
“The only thing that could be considered is the technology to decide whether the ball has crossed the line or not if – and so far it is not the case – a suitable technological solution is found.
“We just have to accept the decision last night of the referee and his assistant. There is no point arguing about that. It’s part of football.”
“On the agenda is a presentation of a technology including a ball developed by Adidas,” he said. “For that purpose the Cardiff stadium will be equipped accordingly in order to demonstrate it but whether it will also be used in the match is not yet decided.”
Siegler said that any new technology would have to be used on a trial basis first and that it was highly unlikely any change to the laws of the game would be made this year.
“There is one annual meeting of the board every year,” he said. “Only at this meeting can any changes to the laws of the game be decided.
“I do not think that after one presentation or one technology (trial) that a very quick decision will be taken because this is a crucial matter.”
