Now five changes to world football have definitely been approved

This Monday is a very important date in the future of world football. Because so far the General Meeting of the International Board postponed to the beginning of last March.

Given that the FIFA organizing the meeting into one year of the World Cup, the delegations will meet in Doha taking advantage of the intercontinental play-off matches for the next World Cup in Qatar. This is the fourth time the Assembly has been held outside of Europe and the first time in Middle East.

Adoption of new standards

Aware of the importance of communicating changes to Rules of the Game to all interested parties as soon as possible before the 2022/23 edition takes effect from next June 30, IFAB members have already confirmed in writing their full support for all changes to the Act proposed at the meeting of the year 2021 and notified at the end of March and that will be ratified on June 13.

So on the agenda to which you have access World of sports, the second point of the day is the review of the new Rules of the Game, especially number 3 about five substitutions. A standard established as something temporary by FIFA but that will be certain. It is also planned to address concussion changes.

Another of the major issues will be offside, both from the perspective of video assistants and more accessible configurations. As well as from semi-automatic offside technology.

The changes are effective June 30

As we already have at Mundo Deportivo, the great new thing in the new rules is number 3 and where the five changes that have so far been temporary measures due to the pandemic will be permanent. Thus, in section 2 of this Rule it is clear that “For officials against competition organized by FIFA, the confederations or the national football federations, a maximum of five may be used.

In the case of men’s and women’s competitions where the first team of clubs of the highest category or fully national team participates and where competition regulations allow a maximum of five substitutions. And three windows of changes are maintained during the game in addition to the break.

If they do not cover the five replacements and in case there is an extension, they can perform them in this extra time. If all five changes have been made, they can make another change.

Another change is in Rule 10 where from now on, in case a penalty shootout is reached “members of the coaching staff can also be expelled”.

Another of the regulatory changes or clarifications is in Rule 12 of Fouls and misconduct: breaking the goalkeeper’s hand. Relating to the goalkeeper when evading a clear goal-scoring opportunity: “When a player obstructs a goal or a clear opportunity to score the opposing team’s goal by committing a handball offense , he must be expelled, regardless of where it happened (unless it is is of the goalkeeper in his own place ”.

IFAB disputes this clarification because it understands that “it may be misinterpreted that the goalkeeper may be expelled for handling the ball with his hand in his own place. Therefore, this clarification was added to the” Dismissal Offenses “section. of Rule 12. “

The last great change affects Rule 14 of the penalty and about the position of the goalkeeper. The new text looks like this:

“(…) At the moment of the hit, the goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot in direct contact with the goal line, here or behind it”

This explanation is due to the fact that previously the goalkeeper had to have at least part of a foot to touch or step on the goal line at the moment of executing a maximum penalty (either isolated or included in the penalty shootout). ). Therefore, in case the goalkeeper has one foot in front of the goal line and the other foot behind it, it is considered a technical violation even if no illegitimate advantage is gained. The text was altered to avoid punishment in said position.

To explain this change, it is emphasized that the essence of the rule requires the goalkeeper to position both feet in direct contact with the goal line or directly above it until the maximum penalty is obtained; In other words, the goalkeeper may not be in front or behind the goal line. In addition, Rule 8 regarding the start and continuation of the game is clarified and if it is made clear that the field draw is aimed at selecting the field and kick-off.