Over an hour of recovery in the first four races of the Moniale, Infantino had announced it…
5 injury time plus 5 more in the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, 2+9 in Senegal-Holland4+9 inches US-Wales and then the maxi-recovery, 14+10, which let him enter England-Iran in the history of the World Cup. Already from the first races of Qatar 2022 it is clear that football has changed, the message of FIFA it is clear and it was already announced in the spring by the president Gianni Infantino: “In every game there is a lot of lost time. Something needs to be reviewed because spectators pay to watch 90 minutes of football, while the races last 50 minutes”.
“I’m not saying I’ll get to 100 minutes – added Infantino – but undoubtedly the recovery time that the referee grants must be closely linked to the minutes lost during the match. We need to reflect on the actual playing time.”
In this way the Fifa president said no to actual time, but at the same time announced that things would change and probably when we return to the field in January it will be the same in A league: “We want to avoid matches with 42 minutes of effective time,” said the chairman of the FIFA referee commission, Pierluigi Collinaa few days before the World Cup and now we clearly see what he meant.
Probably the races could last 124′ even in our championship when it restarts…
Qatar 2022 World Cup
World Cup, England-Iran is a record: 27 minutes of added time
