Marco Van Basten always speak clearly. And this time will not be an exception. The legendary former Dutch international spoke about current football in ‘AD’, where he explained that he sent a letter to the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, who took action today against the bad behavior of players and coaches towards referees. And he gave as an example what happened in the Europa League final in addition to what also happened in the Conference League.
Van Basten laments that nothing has changed from 2016, when he himself was at FIFA until he left two years later, until now. “Football is in worse shape than it was five years ago because of the lack of change, so I sounded the alarm.” In his letter he suggests steps to change the current situation. He suggests that only the captain should talk to the referee during matches. The other players must keep their distance unless a referee calls someone. If a player does not comply with this, they should receive a yellow card immediately,” he explained.
Van Basten believes that “the same should apply to coaches and substitutes.” His second proposal was the introduction of effective playing time. “In the World Cup in Qatar, more time has been added, but that will not be effective if you continue the destruction of the game and the distractions. There are no more words or time to waste, it is time to act, do something. Because this is outrageous.” graduation
Source: La Verdad
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