IFAB will meet at the beginning of 2024 and it is possible that it will approve new measures
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The Spanish newspaper ‘Marca’ reports this Saturday that the next meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), scheduled for the beginning of 2024, may approve new football rules, some of which may even come into force in the 2024 season/ 25.
On the table of the body that regulates football rules are temporary expulsions, the punishment of players who approach the referee, with the exception of the captain, as well as the issue of offside, the so-called ‘Wenger Law’. The latter allows the forward to be in front of the defender, as long as the last part of his body is in ‘contact’ with the rival.
A measure that is being tested in youth tournaments in Sweden and Italy and which was explained by Arsène Wenger himself in an interview with Recordin 2021. “With VAR detecting minimal infractions, benefiting the attacker in case of doubt has disappeared – and that has a reason to be. We want a rule that is fair. If a player is three centimeters offside in the construction of a play and many things happen until a goal is scored, is it fair to disallow that goal? If a marker is two centimeters offside because he has wider shoulders than the opponent, did he really have the advantage of being offside to score? I think everyone we agree that’s not the case. That’s why we’re testing what we call the ‘daylight rule’ for offside, which means there would have to be a certain amount of space between players for a position to be considered offside. This would also be an evolution. Before, an attacker had to be behind the opponents, then he had to be in line and now we are considering changing so that there is only offside if some part of the body with which can score a goal if he is ahead of the second-to-last defender.”
The results of the tests, explains the newspaper ‘Marca’, have been satisfactory and the change would end up favoring more attacking football and, consequently, the spectacle.
Another aspect concerns temporary expulsions, a measure that has been tested at youth levels, veterans and adapted football. They last between 10 and 15 percent of the playing time and aim to deter bad behavior on the field.
The loss of playing time is another issue that concerns the football world. The option of stopping the clock has already been discarded, but the IFAB is looking for a formula that can be effective in this aspect.
By Isabel Dantas
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2023-11-18 11:42:05
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