FIFA's disciplinary chiefs convene on Thursday to consider how lengthy a suspension England striker Wayne Rooney must serve.
Rooney was sent off for violent conduct in the World Cup quarter-final against Portugal, which England went on to lose in a penalty shoot-out.
He will be hit with a fine and a ban which will rule him out of the start of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, and England's new head coach Steve McClaren will hope FIFA are lenient.