ZURICH: Football’s world governing body FIFA are to experiment with two additional goalmouth referees at the Club World Cup competition in Japan in December.
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A FIFA spokesman said the precise role of the two extra officials, including their general positioning, would be determined in the run-up to the competition.
FIFA had already announced that they would use the tournament to continue tests on goal-line technology developed by ball manufacturer adidas, using a chip in the match ball to determine whether shots had crossed the line.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB), who govern the laws of football, gave provisional backing to the use of goal-line technology during a meeting in March.
IFAB insisted that the technology had to be instantaneous and 100% accurate with decisions transmitted only to the match officials.
Tuesday’s Strategic Committee meeting also involved talks on disputed issues, including the future look of the international match calendar and the row over compensating clubs whose players were injured on international duty.
The committee said they had agreed to set up working groups to discuss both issues. – Reuters
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