Before the start of this competitive year, the English Football Association decided to make a change, commemorating the last world championship in Qatar. That is, an increase in the volume of set time, added to the original ninety minutes. Statistics show that the ball is in play for an average of 55 minutes in a Premier League match, the rest being stolen by interruptions, substitutions, waiting for a standard situation to play out or celebrating goals scored and the like.
The final between City and Arsenal was proof of the new philosophy in action. Eight minutes were originally supposed to be added to regular time, but a collision between Kyle Walker and Thomas Partey meant that the Gunners could only score a regular goal in the 101st minute of the match. “We have to get used to it. We were leading 1-0 and it didn’t seem to me that it was initially necessary to set up eight minutes, again there wasn’t that much going on in the game,” believes the Spanish coach of the defeated Citizens.
“We won’t do anything about it. But it is interesting that those who made the given decision did not discuss it with the managers or the players themselves at all,” continued an enraged Guardiola. “The matches will last at least 100 minutes, that’s clear. that the match will end 4:3 and they will add 45 seconds for each goal. We will seriously play that in the morning,” he lamented.
Guardiola is also of the opinion that the change in the rules will not affect the delay of the game in any way, although that is its main goal. “The only thing they will achieve is more fatigue of the players. Eight or ten extra minutes every match is simply too much,” he concluded.
2023-08-08 03:04:47
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