Lautaro Martinez takes the place of Alexis Sanchez in an Inter match of the 20020/21 season. Photo: EFE
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) announced the five changes per team and match on Monday. is approx one last change to the rules of sport that arises from the exception that took place from the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision was communicated through a press conference held in Doha, Qatar, after the 136th annual general meeting of the body responsible for reviewing and updating the rules of the game.
The decision to definitively validate the five changes paves the way for FIFA to formalize the idea that the teams of those selected to participate in the World Cup in Qatar between 21 November and 18 December are 26 players and not 23 as happened in the last few matches. officers.
This variant was introduced once the Covid-19 pandemic began, when the calendars were redesigned with a challenging number of games to play after the first confinements.
IFAB, on the other hand, is in favor of the implementation of semi-automatic offside, a technology already tested in the Club World Cup last February with the use of 12 cameras and the three-dimensional detection of players. It will be a tool that will add to the VAR and will help to obtain maximum accuracy in offside situations.
FIFA plans to use this new tool in Qatar 2022. “The tests continue and are very satisfactory so far,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the end of the 136th annual general meeting of the IFAB.
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Source: AFP
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