BERLIN, June 19: FIFA will not consider using video evidence or other goal-line technology to determine if a goal has been scored until it is 100 percent reliable, spokesman Markus Siegler said on Monday.

The issue was raised again after TV replays suggested France should have taken a 2-0 lead in the 32nd minute of Sunday's match against South Korea at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig.

Patrick Vieira's header looked well over the line despite goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae's efforts to claw it away.

Mexican referee Benito Archundia waved play on and the goal did not stand.

The teams eventually drew their Group G match 1-1 leaving France's progress at the finals in the balance.

World soccer's governing body FIFA experimented with new technology last year when they used a ball with a microchip in it at the world under-17 championship in Peru.—Reuters

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