FIFA wants to test video replays in matches by 2015
Fifa President Sepp Blatter waits for the beginning of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
MANCHESTER, England — FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants to test the use of video replays in matches by next year.
Speaking at the SoccerEx conference in a pre-recorded video, Blatter says he wants TV replays used in a domestic league and at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015.
Blatter says “we could test such challenge calls.”
Coaches would have the right once or twice in each half to challenge a refereeing decision.
Blatter has portrayed himself as a champion of technology since reversing his opposition to goal-line aids, which were used at the World Cup in Brazil for the first time.
