FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has confirmed in an interview with the BBC that the world's football regulatory body is considering making amendments to goal decisions.
This year's FIFA World Cup has been reefed in controversy after major goal decisions and refereeing errors have decided the fate of title contenders England, USA, Ghana and Mexico.
Ghana has been the latest to suffer such fate after Portuguese match official failed to allow goal when Uruguay striker Luis Suarez used his hand to prevent a Dominic Adiyiah goal bound effort. Asamoah Gyan stroke the cross bar in the eventual penalty awarded.
The Ghana Football Association lunched an official appeal to FIFA to take a second look at its reluctance to the goal line technology.
The FIFA general secretary said in an interview with the BBC that after witnessing England's painful exit from the tournament due to poor refereeing decision, his outfit decided to bid a consideration for an increase in the number of referee assistants and also introduce the goal line technology.
"We're talking about a goal not seen by the referee which is why we are talking about new technology," said Valcke
"Let's see if this system will help or whether giving the referee an additional four eyes will give him the comfort and make duty easier to perform," added Valcke.
"I would say that it is the final World Cup with the current refereeing system."
"The teams and the players are so strong and so fast. The game is different and the referees are older than all the players," said Valcke.
"The game is so fast, the ball is flying so quickly, we have to help them and we have to do something and that's why I say it is the last World Cup under the current system."
FIFA had earlier debunked calls for the introduction of the goal line technology claiming human errors are part of the game.
Credit to the BBC for the interview.
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