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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) revealed its intention to conduct experiments to improve players’ behavior on the field, especially with regard to the time the goalkeeper is allowed to waste.
The International Federation Council confirmed in its 137th annual general meeting, which was held in Scotland, that slow goalkeepers will be given more time to retain the ball, but they will be subject to a countdown by the referee and punished if they fail to throw the ball in time, under new plans. To combat wasting time in football.
According to the new goalkeeper law, they will be able to hold the ball for 8 seconds instead of the previous 6 minutes, but at the same time, during the last five seconds of the period, the referee will raise his hand and use his fingers to count down these five seconds, to warn the player of the amount of time remaining to him.
According to what was reported by the British newspaper The Guardian, if the goalkeeper retains the ball despite the expiration of the period during which he is allowed to hold it, the referee will award the opposing team a throw-in or a corner kick.
The law on the time a goalkeeper is allowed to waste will begin to be applied starting next season, in any competition determined by the countries other than the first two sections of the local leagues.
The new proposal of the International Football Association Board comes to address a difficult problem that referees face in the old “time allowed for the goalkeeper to waste” law.
The old law stipulates that referees must award an indirect free kick inside the penalty area if the goalkeeper retains the ball for more than 6 seconds, which was something that the referees ignored because it was difficult to implement.
It is noteworthy that the International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the main and official body that determines the laws of the game of football, and it consists of the four British federations, in addition to FIFA.
Source: Russia Today