Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of Fifa`s executive committee to deal with the fall-out of the match in Paris.
It is understood that a replay of the France v Ireland game is not on the cards.
One possible outcome could be a proposal to fast track Uefa`s current experiment in the Europa League of having an extra assistant behind each goal-line in time for next summers World Cup finals.

The fact that they are going to discuss this sensible solution gives the fans some hope that common sense will prevail, and this ruling will become law.