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The Bundesliga could be about to go through a video evidence testing period, starting next season, the Deutsche Fußball Liga have announced. German football's flirt with the introduction of video evidence dates back to the summer of 2014, when then DFL executive Andreas Rettig said that "if video evidence is practicable without changing the character of the game, it will be explicitly supported by us." During the current Bundesliga season -- the first in which goal line technology has been used -- calls for the introduction of video evidence have grown stronger after a number of incorrect calls by the match officials, with the latest coming against Ingolstadt in their 2-0 defeat at Dortmund when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring late in the game from an offside position. And on Thursday the DFL announced that they are set to apply to take part in a testing period for video technology, should the International Association Football Association Board [IFAB] approve it during a meeting in Cardiff on Mar. 5. The DFL started on their journey towards video testing back in 2014, when they said that they would like to follow a model -- which is currently being tested in the Dutch league -- that uses a fifth official to monitor controversies from nine different angles, with the new referee being able to contact those on the pitch by radio. Asked about the possible introduction of video evidence, Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday that it "will come sooner or later" and added that since club's play many important matches it would be helpful for referees to avoid mistakes. Spiegel Online reported that the testing period could begin as early as next season.
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