With just 10 days to go
until Euro 2016 kicks off, FIFA has introduced changes designed to
improve the beautiful game of football. The eight members of the International
Football Association Board (IFAB) edited or eliminated
about 10,000 words from the rule-book.
Here are the 10 most important
changes:
1 Penalty:
If a player (such as Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi) stops and starts
in his run-up to the ball - in an effort to try to make the goalkeeper
move first, he (or she) is to be given the yellow card. The opponents
will also be awarded a free kick. A short hesitation is allowed, but not
a complete stop.
2. Triple jeopardy:
Until now, hand-balls and fouls in the penalty area have often resulted
in a defender being given a red card, a penalty and a suspension. In
future, the referee will have the discretion to hand out a red card only
when he deems that there was intent. If he determines that the offender
tried to play the ball but still fouled, he is only to be handed a
yellow card. Until now, if the referee deemed that a cast-iron scoring
chance was prevented by the offender, the rules obliged him to show red,
whatever a defender's intent.
3. Sending off:
The referee will no longer only have the power to hand out red cards
during the actual match, but also before the opening kick off, if a
player conducts himself in an unsportsmanlike manner. In this case, the
offender's team would still be allowed to start the match with 11
players.
4. Breaks for the treatment of injuries:
In future, if the physio's magic sponge can get the player back onto
his feet within 20 seconds, the player won't have to leave the pitch.
Until now, any player who required treatment has had to leave the pitch
and could only return after getting permission from the referee.
5. Kick off:
Until now, the ball has had to be played forward. Now the player
performing the kick off also has the options of playing it backwards or
sideways.
6. Attacking wall:
For a time there was a trend towards attacking teams positioning
players in amongst a defense's wall with the purpose of screening the
goalkeeper's view. This is no longer permitted.
7. Drink breaks:
Since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil the referee has had the option,
particularly on a hot day or evening, to order a break so that the
players can have a drink. Now, though, he also has to include the
playing time lost in this way to time added on at the end of the match.
8. Throw in:
This must now be conducted with both hands pushing the ball forward
with equal force from both sides. A throw in with one hand pushing more
from behind and the other just acting as a support are no longer
allowed.
9. Shoeless player:
If a player loses his shoe during a match, play will no longer be
immediately interrupted, but the player in question can continue to play
without it until the next stoppage in play. Not only that, but
halleluiah! The shackles are finally off, as the same also applies to a
lost shinguard!
10. Underwear:
Wait a minute... No choice here anymore! If a player chooses to wear
undershorts that are longer than his shorts, these must now match the
color of his team's kit.
Deutsche well reportage -m.dw.com
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