Next seasons rule changes explained This blog is proudly created By Keith Hackett for Keys to Referee that is hot off the press to identify and explain the new IFAB laws of the Game. Welcome to HACKETTS BLOG to highlight the LAW CHANGES FOR SEASON 2020/21 (even though we do not know what is the outcome of this one yet!) The International Football Association Board (IFAB). The following are the changes to the Laws of the Game for the 2020/21 edition. Before we get started. I would like to highlight the following picture that is direct from the IFAB to show what IS Handball and what IS NOT Handball in the 2020/21 season! please log in to view this image IFAB Handball This photo (above) clearly highlights how the IFAB have decided to help fellow colleagues make their future handball decisions! Surely more confusion, news articles and blogs to come! NOW, HERE ARE THE LAW CHANGES FOR SEASON 2020/21 For each change, the new/amended/additional wording is given, together with the old wording, where appropriate – followed by an explanation of the change. LAW 1 – THE FIELD OF PLAY 10 – GOALS AMENDED TEXT The goalposts and crossbar must be made of approved material. They must be square, rectangular, round or a combination of these shapes and must not be dangerous Explanation – The goalposts and crossbar may be a combination of the four basic shapes. LAW 2 – THE BALL REPLACEMENT OF A DEFECTIVE BALL AMENDED TEXT If the ball becomes defective; Play is stopped and restarted with a dropped ball. Explanation – Wording changed to be consistent with Law 8 LAW 4 – THE PLAYERS EQUIPMENT Other equipment – Electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) AMENDED TEXT Electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) Where wearable technology (WT) as part of electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) is used in matches played in an official competition organised under the auspices of FIFA, confederations or national football associations, the competition organiser must ensure that the technology attached to the players’ equipment is not dangerous and meets one of the following standards; IMS (International Match Standard) or FIFA Quality The institutes conducting these tests are subject to the approval of FIFA. Where provided by the match or competition organiser, it is the responsibility of that match or competition organiser ensure that the information and data transmitted from EPTS to the technical area during matches played in an official competition are reliable and accurate. The following mark indicates that an EPTS (wearable or optical) has been officially tested to the requirements in terms of reliability and accuracy of positional data in football. Explanation – Wording reflects updates to the FIFA performance standards for EPTS devices LAW 10 – DETERMINING THE OUTCOME OF A MATCH KICKS FROM THE PENALTY MARK AMENDED TEXT Kicks from the penalty mark are taken after the match has ended and unless otherwise stated, the relevant Laws of the Game apply. A player who has been sent off during the match is not permitted to take part; warnings and cautions issued during the match are not carried forward into kicks from the penalty mark. Explanation – Cautions (YCs) and warnings issued during the match (including during extra time) are not carried forward because kicks from the penalty mark (KFPM) are not part of the match. A player who receives a YC during both the match and the KFPM is not sent off (during the KFPM or for disciplinary purposes) KICKS FROM THE PENALTY MARK AMENDED TEXT – During kicks from the penalty mark If the goalkeeper commits an offence and, as a result, the kick is retaken, the goalkeeper is warned for the first offence and cautioned for any subsequent offence(s) If both the goalkeeper and the kicker commit an offence at the same time; the kick is recoded as missed and the kicker cautioned. Explanation Most goalkeeper encroachment results from mis-anticipating when the ball will be kicked, so the goalkeeper should be warned for a first offence but must be cautioned for any further offence(s) at the retaken kick and/or any subsequent kick. When (rarely) the goalkeeper and the kicker offend at exactly the same time, the kicker should be penalised, as it is the ‘illegal’ feinting that causes the goalkeeper’s encroachment. LAW 11 – OFFSIDE 2, OFFSIDE OFFENCE Amended text A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball, including by deliberate handball, is not considered to have gained an advantage, unless it was a deliberate save by an opponent Explanation – Clarification that deliberate handball by a defender is considered ‘deliberate play’ for offside. As ‘legal’ deliberate play (e,g. a kick or header) causes a player in an offside position to no longer be offside. ‘illegal’ play should have the same outcome. LAW 12 – FOULS AND MISCONDUCT 1.DIRECT FREE KICK – HANDLING THE BALL New text and diagram For the purposes of determining handball offences, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit. Explanation – For the purposes of handball, the arm starts at the bottom/end of the armpit, as shown in the diagram 1.DIRECT FREE KICK – HANDLING THE BALL Amended text It is an offence if a player; deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, including moving the hand/arm towards the ball scores in the opponents’ goal directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper After the ball has touched their or a team-mates hand/arm, even if accidental immediately; Scores in the opponents’ goal Creates a goal-scoring opportunity Touches the ball with their hand/arm when; Except for the above offences, it is not an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm Explanation Clarification that; if an attacking player accidentally touches the ball with their hand/arm and the ball then goes to another attacking player and the attacking team immediately scores, this is a handball offence; • it is not an offence if, after an accidental handball, the ball travels some distance (pass or dribble) and/or there are several passes before the goal or goal-scoring opportunity. 1,DIRECT FREE KICK – HANDLING THE BALL Amended text The goalkeeper has the same restrictions on handling the ball as any other player outside the penalty area. If the goalkeeper handles the ball inside their penalty area when not permitted to do so, an indirect free kick is awarded but there is no disciplinary sanction. However, if the offence is playing the ball a second time (with or without the hand/arm) after a restart before it touches another player, the goalkeeper must be sanctioned if the offence stops a promising attack or denies an opponent or the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Explanation If a goalkeeper deliberately plays the ball a second time at a restart (before it has touched another player) and stops a promising attack or denies a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, the goalkeeper should be cautioned (YC) or sent off (RC). This applies even if the second touch was with the hand/arm, as the offence is not ‘handball’ but ‘illegally’ playing the ball a second time. DISCIPLINARY ACTION – DELAYING THE RESTART OF PLAY TO SHOW A CARD, Once the referee has decided to caution or send off a player, play must not be restarted until the sanction has been administered, unless the non-offending team takes a quick free kick, has a clear goal-scoring opportunity and the referee has not started the disciplinary sanction procedure. The sanction is administered at the next stoppage; if the offence was denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, the player is cautioned; if the offence interfered with or stopped a promising attack, the player is not cautioned. Explanation If the referee allows a ‘quick’ free kick after a DOGSO offence, the (delayed) RC becomes a YC, so to be consistent, if the referee allows a ‘quick’ free kick after an offence which interfered with or stopped a promising attack, the (delayed) YC should not be issued. DISCIPLINARY ACTION – ADVANTAGE Amended Text If the referee plays the advantage for an offence for which a caution/sending-off would have been issued had play been stopped, this caution/sending-off must be issued when the ball is next out of play. However, if the offence was denying the opposing team except for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, when the player is cautioned for unsporting behaviour; if the offence was interfering with or stopping a promising attack, the player is not cautioned. Explanation If the referee plays advantage for a DOGSO offence, the RC becomes a YC, so to be consistent, if the referee plays advantage for an offence which interfered with or stopped a promising attack, the YC should not be issued. 3.DISCIPLINARY ACTION – CAUTIONABLE OFFENCES Amended text A player is cautioned if guilty of; failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a dropped ball, corner kick, free kick or throw-in Explanation – Inclusion of dropped ball in cautionable offences for ‘failing to respect the required distance’. DISCIPLINARY ACTION – CAUTIONS FOR UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR Amended text There are different circumstances when a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour, including if a player: commits a foul any other offence which interferes with or stops a promising attack, except where the referee awards a penalty kick for an offence which was an attempt to play the ball Explanation – A promising attack can be stopped or interfered with by an offence which is not a foul challenge (e.g. ‘illegally’ playing the ball a second time after a restart), so the wording now includes all such offences other than handball, which is covered in the previous bullet point. LAW 14 – THE PENALTY KICK 2 OFFENCES AND SANCTIONS Amended text – if before the ball is in play, one of the following occurs; The goalkeeper offends; if the ball enters the goal, a goal is awarded if the ball misses the goal or rebounds from the crossbar or goalpost(s). the kick is only retaken if the goalkeeper’s offence clearly impacted on the kicker if the ball is prevented from entering the goal by the goalkeeper , the kick is retaken if the goalkeeper’s offence results in the kick being retaken, the goalkeeper is warned for the first offence in the game and cautioned for any subsequent official(s) in the game. A team of the goalkeeper offends; if the ball enters the goal, a goal is awarded if the ball does not enter the goal, the kick is retaken A player of both teams offends, the kick is retaken unless commits a more serious offence (eg illegal feinting) Both the goalkeeper and the kicker commit an offence at the same time the kicker is cautioned and play restarts with an indirect free kick to the defending team Explanation – Confirmation (as outlined in IFAB Circular no. 17 – August 2019) that if the goalkeeper offends at the taking of a penalty kick and the ball misses the goal or rebounds from the goalposts or crossbar (i.e. the goalkeeper does not ‘save’ the kick), the goalkeeper is not penalised unless the goalkeeper’s action(s) had a clear impact on the kicker. Most goalkeeper encroachment results from mis-anticipating when the ball will be kicked, so the goalkeeper should not be cautioned for a first offence but must be cautioned for any further offence(s) at that kick and/or any subsequent kick. If the kicker and goalkeeper offend at exactly the same time (a rare event), the goalkeeper’s offence is usually caused by the kicker’s ‘illegal’ feinting, so the kicker is penalised. SUMMARY TABLE AMENDED TABLE OUTCOME OF THE PENALTY KICK GOAL NO GOAL Encroachment by attacking player Penalty is retaken Indirect free kick Encroachment by defending player Goal Penalty is retaken Encroachment by defending and attacking player Penalty is retaken Penalty is retaken Offence by goalkeeper goal NOT SAVED; penalty is not retaken (unless kicker is impacted) SAVED; penalty is retaken and warning for goalkeeper; Caution (YC) for any further offences Goalkeeper and kicker offend at the same time Indirect free kick and caution fir kicker Indirect free kick and caution for kicker Reference to the final decision is removed, as the VAR is permitted to give advice to the referee about the decision but the referee always makes the final decision 4 PROCEDURES REVIEW If play has not already stopped, the referee stops play when the ball is next in a neutral zone/situation (usually when neither team is in an attacking move) and shows the ‘TV signal’ The VAR describes to the referee what can be seen on the TV replay(s), and the referee then: shows the ‘TV signal’ (if not already shown) and goes to the referee review area to view replay footage – ‘on-field review’ (OFR) – before making a final decision. The other match officials will not review the footage unless, in exceptional circumstances, asked to do so by the referee or makes a final decision based on the referee’s own perception and the information from the VAR, and, where appropriate, input from other match officials – VAR-only review At the end of both review processes, the referee must show the ‘TV signal’, immediately followed by the final decision For subjective decisions, e.g. intensity of a foul challenge, interference at offside, handball considerations, an ‘on-field review’ (OFR) is appropriate For factual decisions, e.g. position of an offence or player (offside), point of contact (handball/foul), location (inside or outside the penalty area), ball out of play etc. a VAR only review is usually appropriate but an ‘on-field review’ (OFR) can be used for a factual decision if it will help manage the players/match or ‘sell’ the decision (e.g. a crucial match-deciding decision late in the game) Explanation Only one ‘TV signal’ is needed for a ‘VAR-only review’ (unless a signal is also required after stopping play). Reorganising the text emphasises that ‘on-field reviews’ (OFRs) are expected when the incident/decision is non-factual. Changes to Practical Guidelines for Match Officials Penalty kick (p.212) Amended text If the goalkeeper blatantly moves off the goal line before the ball is kicked and a goal is not scored prevents a goal from being scored, the AR must raise the flag should indicate the encroachment according to the pre-match instructions from the referee. Injuries (p.222) Additional subheading and text The safety of the players is of paramount importance and the referee should facilitate the work of the medical personnel, especially in the case of a serious injury and/or an assessment of a head injury. This will include respecting and assisting with agreed assessment/treatment protocols. 6. Treatment/assessment after a caution/sending-off (p.222) Amended subheading number and text (…) As a general guide, (…) ready for play to restart, except in the case of a serious injury and/ or an assessment of a head injury.
So my plan for the Easter weekend 1.) Put that through Google Translate so the document is in Slovenian 2.) Build a working time machine 3.) Go back in time to the last week of May last year and show that to that Slovenian ****wit who can't tell his armpit from his elbow
Since everyone else is doing one of these, which one of these quarantine houses would you all wish to live in? please log in to view this image
My ignorance means that I know who the footballers and occupants of house 8 are, most of the others are names that mean nothing on that basis I am heading to house 4 as I think Eric Dier maybe a decent conversationist, Paulo played for the Gills and there are 2 women, who I don't know, but there 2 women in the house and that maybe a bonus!
Interesting clip about German football and the differences with the English game. The call for unity between fans of opposition clubs is something that I'd like to see take off, but I doubt it will.
On the other hand, chanting so regimented that you can predict which chant will begin in which minute of every game isn't something to copy
So my Easter Sunday has mainly involved clearing up a dead and decomposing fox in my back garden I mean I did try encouraging it to rise again...
Sad news about Tim Brooke Taylor , The Goodies were a must in our house which the whole family watched Goodie Goodie Yum Yum
Well that has ruined my day - RIP Tim Brooke-Taylor - I loved the Goodies when I was young (and still do) some of it hasn't aged well and one of my Favourite episodes Scatty Safari with all the little Rolf Harris's and the line and don't kids love him will probably never be shown on TV again, but Kung Fu Kapers, Kitten Kong, Radio Goodies and lots of others still make me laugh today, we often listened to Hello Cheeky on Radio 2 as well, though it was not as good when it moved to TV. Even today I am sorry I haven't clue is still one of the funniest shows on the radio
Peter Bonetti gone as well, he had been Ill for some time but this is another name from my youth gone
Sad news. Great song Cricklewood (I bought the LP!) - it was adapted from an earlier song Bill Oddie did for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
One year, somewhere in the mid-70's I bought this for my older brother for Christmas.... please log in to view this image ...and he bought it for me. Neither of us had discussed it. It was just THE gift for our age group. They really were Monty Python for everyone (kids, parents, GP's, the lot) in that mid-70's period. His passing is a sad loss to those of us of a certain vintage.
