FIFA Secretary general Jerome Valcke has welcomed the introduction of goal-line technology to be used for the first time at the Club World Cup in Japan.
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The World football governing body will test two systems - Hawk-Eye from the UK and GoalRef from Germany - which will be featured for the first time in the match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Auckland City.
"It's a big day," Valcke said on fifa.com. "Thursday will be the first time that goal-line technology will be officially used in a game. The tests are done; and the instillation tests were successful.
"This is also an important day for us, because we will use one of the two systems we are using here in the FIFA Confederations Cup next year.
"This is a kind of revolution. It is the first time that this kind of technology is coming into football.
"It will be restricted to the goal-line specifically. The IFAB (International Football Association Board) is there to ensure the 17 laws of the game are protected.
"It needs to be the most accurate system we can have at the moment.
"There can be no mistakes with this and that is why the IFAB took two years to make sure the system was perfect."
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