This is how the extra substitution will be applied in the event of a concussion in the Spanish LaLiga

The RFEF has approved in its Delegated Commission the regulatory bases of competition in First and Second for the next season 2024-2025.

And where two are the main novelties. The first depends on the implementation of semi-automatic offside in the Primera through the technology of Hawkeye, which is the bidder with the VAR which will consist of Mediapro.

In the case of the Second, we have to wait until the 2025-2026 season for its adaptation to the stadiums of the category. This is stated in point 11 of the regulatory rules where it is stated in words: “The matches corresponding to the First and Second Division National Championships will be played using VAR and SAOT technology, the latter only for the First Division in 2024 season/ 2025, as long as it is authorized by the competent organizations.

As we report in MD, fields are now implementing the necessary cameras to adapt stadiums to this technology. Between 10 or 12 is required.

In addition, it was agreed that next season will be one of the novelties of IFAB (International Board) in terms of the game. This is Rule 3 relating to the ability to apply one more substitution out of the five allowed in the event a player has a concussion. In this way, the opposing team can also make a sixth substitution even if it is not the result of this type of injury. Textually it states: “Substitution due to concussion is included, which shall comply with the provisions of the Protocol for permanent additional substitutions due to concussion, including in the Laws of the Game of IFAB. In a match, opposing teams are allowed to make only one concussion substitution, regardless of the number of substitutions made during the match.”

In the next point he clarified how this type of substitution should be carried out: “Substitution due to concussion can be carried out at the time of the incident, its existence is suspected, after a medical examination on or off the field. of the game, or at any other time, even if the player has undergone a medical examination and returned to the match.

A change that allows, as we say, the opposite, to make a sixth substitution: “When a team uses a concussion substitution, the opposing team automatically has the possibility to make another substitution and an additional substitution opportunity , which “This substitution opportunity can only be used to make an additional substitution, not a normal substitution.”

The doctor must certify the change due to shock

The same regulatory rules clarify that “substitution due to concussion does not enter into the calculation of normal substitutions and opportunities for substitutions. Therefore, if a normal substitution is made at the same time as a substitution due to concussion, it will be subtracted. a replacement opportunity.”

Furthermore, the doctor must certify this substitution and it can never be used as a trick for a new substitution: “when a team has used all normal substitution opportunities, it cannot use a concussion substitution to make of a normal substitution. The club doctor making the concussion substitution must certify that the substituted player has a concussion, providing the referee with said signed certificate with his membership number confirming this fact recorded in the report of against.”