Rule eight seconds to reduce goalkeeper’s decay time approved for next season | Football news

The goalkeeper will admit the corner if they hold the balls for more than eight seconds from next season in a significant change in football laws.

Positive results in the trials of this season were encouraged by the Committee of the International Football Federation (IFAB) to change the law to start the season 2025-26, replacing the current law in which goalkeepers should acknowledge an indirect free kick if they are held more than six seconds.

There was a confession that the judges could hardly ever spend a six -second rule, partly because an indirect free kick made too sharp sanction, as well as difficulty and time needed to set an indirect free kick.

The eight -second rule this season was tried in the Premier League 2, plus competitions in Malta and Italy.

IFAB said that there were only four cases where goalkeepers were punished in hundreds of experimental matches, even if the rule strictly applied to everything except one occasion, which suggests that the goalkeepers see the threat to extinguish the corner as a significant deterrent.

The guards will have no justification that they are not aware of the time limit, and the judges have been instructed to count on the last five seconds on the raised hand.

FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom said his organization intended to use a new law for his inaugural 32 club club in the United States this summer.

‘A significant impact on goalkeeper’s behavior’

“You can see that it has a significant impact on goalkeeper’s behavior,” said Patrick Nelson, the executive director of the Irish Football Federation and Director IFAB, at a press conference in Belfast.

He said it was six seconds and a failure to spend “for some time” Ban of Life of Many People. “

“Some actions have been taken on this. The results (experiment) were very, very positive, so we will move forward to try to put it in the laws of the game as soon as possible.”

It is also understood that in the future it could also be considered by the ifab for the awarding of corners in which the goalkeepers last too long over the blows of Dead Ball goals.

Ifab agrees to expand trials ‘Daily Light rules’ for offsides

IFAB also agreed to continue and expand the trials of the so -called ‘daylight’ rule for offsides.

The change of law was advocated by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who believes he encourages the offensive game, but the trials were initially disturbed by the outbreak of Pandemia Covid-19.

There was also an concern that the change of law was that the player was that any part of the body that could legally touch the ball is flat and the other last defender gives too much advantage of the attacking player, and could have an intentional consequence that the defenders fall deeper.

If further trials ‘Rule of Day Light’ confirm this early feedback, the second option that IFAB could look at is the trial of a legal change in which the player is based on any part of their torso is flat with the other most interesting defender.

FIFA sources stated that the governing body of the global game did not exclude the experimental ‘daylight’ on this summer club World Cup.

Support was also given to further video support systems (VS), which is designed for competitions that do not have the VAR -AI implementation resources have a very small number of cameras.

The system allows coaches to bring two challenges to the match decisions, losing a challenge if the original judge’s decision is said.

Nelson expressed interest in introducing it to the league football in Northern Ireland, but did not place a time strip. It seems that the number of cameras in stages in four levels of English games will surely exclude the possibility of using there.

FIFA also confirmed its intention to the trial of the Bodycams Judge at the Club World Cup, which could potentially provide emitters with an additional angle of reproduction for use.

‘Law changes something that the players were looking for’

Sky News’ Rob Harris:

“A goalkeeper who holds the ball for too long will be acknowledged in the future.

“The law currently states that you accept an indirect free kick, but it is a law that is rarely applied.

“The goalkeepers managed to run for an hour and that is what led to the change.

“The time limit will increase from six to eight seconds that the goalkeeper can hold the ball, but from five seconds the referee will be visual counting by the judge using the hand to press home this point.

“Former referee David Ellery, who is part of the IFAB, said that this was something that the players were looking for. They think it is ridiculous that the goalie can sometimes be seen keeping for the ball for 10 seconds while on the ground.

“There were experiments at lower levels, including U21 levels, and they say he accelerated the games because the goalkeepers release the ball much faster.”