In the past when a football match ended in a draw after the normal 90 minutes there was a system known as the Golden rule goal.
The rule was that the first team to score the first goal in extra time would be declared as the winner.
FIFA began the trial of the system in the youth matches in 1993, before introducing it to the senior team and using it in senior international matches.
The first time the rule was applied was in the 1996 Championship where Germany beat the Czech republic as Oliver Bierhoof scored the first goal in the extra time.
The first major tournament to use the system was the France 1998 World Cup with France benefiting from it after a win over Paraguay in the last 16 knock out stage.
Laurent Blanc's goal against the South Americans was the first ever Golden Goal at the World Cup.
Laurent Blanc celebrated the World Cup’s first ever Golden Goal as David Trezeguet's golden goal at the EURO 2000 assured them victory over Italy.
In the 2002 World Cup there were three golden goals in the match against Sweden and South Korea beating Italy in the knockout round. Senegal however suffered a loss to Turkey in the quarter-finals.
The rule faced some opposition with it not working in the way it was designed to do as teams approached a more defensive approach in the extra time.
Teams used to go into the extra time with sophisticated defending not allowing any chances of conceding a goal with the system being termed to promote defending rather than attacking football.
In a move to try and abolish the system the football governing body in 2003 adopted an alternative system known as the silver goal.
This would see the leading teams after the first half of extra time being declared the winners of the match.
The new system however was not received by many with open arms forcing it to be abandoned by FIFA in the 2004 EURO’s.
Today, if there is no winner after 30 minutes of extra time, the game is decided by penalties.