It will now be a yellow card, not red - If a player commits Denial of an Obvious GoalScoring Opportunity inside the area, if the foul was an attempt to play the ball (good luck trying to figure out if it was an attempt to play the ball or not). Refs can now show red cards to players before kick-off for, say, fighting in the tunnel (can be replaced, so teams still start with 11). Players who feint when taking penalty now punished with yellow card & indirect freekick. No retake. Stuttering runs still allowed. An injured player can get treatment on the pitch for up to 20 seconds and stay on (i.e. not have to go to touchline & await ref's nod to come back on). - This is a good one. Water breaks permissible in "very hot/humid conditions". Law changes applicable worldwide from June 1st (and for England's two May friendlies). Player accidentally losing a boot is allowed to "continue playing until play next stops". Under-shorts must be same colour as shorts - or the hem. At kick-off, the ball can now be kicked in any direction, including backwards so no team-mates allowed to stand in opponents' half. Throw-ins: The ball must be thrown with BOTH hands and not thrown with one hand and 'guided' with the other. English, Italians and Dutch amongst 15 countries committed to trialling video technology. Workshop in Amsterdam next week.
It's a rule with good intentions - there's far too many red card + penalty double punishments going on - but it's needlessly complicated by that extra clause at the end.
I thought that was sorted earlier in the season? Or is it just getting a refresher notice for the upcoming Euros?
On the first point, I think it will be defined if it is a body check with no intention to play the ball then that is a red, but if it is a tackle that is mistimed then a yellow.
Or when a foul is right on the edge of the area. Are players going to be running up to the ref pointing at marks on the pitch to get their team mate sent off, or for the ref to award a penalty? (I suspect the later it is in the game the more chance they'll go for the red card)
I know when someone is genuinely injured that's a good idea, but doesn't that just encourage timewasting? 'Oh we've just conceded a corner and we're all knackered, I'll just go down injured. By the time the physio has jogged on, had his 19 seconds with the player, and then ****ed off again they've had a good minute. Corner goes out for a goal kick, next player does the same and none of them are going off.
I believe it's only allowed when the opposition has received a yellow - essentially it's so that the side committing the foul doesn't gain an advantage by playing against 10 men for a minute or two.
Completely out of touch if it is. There's much more of a problem with players killing time by feigning injuries late on, and the ref not applying the existing rules mitigate against it. I can't say I've ever noticed a team get an unfair advantage of an extra man after fouling someone to the point of injury.
Oh and that throw in rule, who the **** cares? It's mental that someone is paid to come up with this stuff while all the real problems are allowed to continue. Is it going to improve the game if players ensure they're throwing rather than 'guiding'? Jesus wept.
What's wrong with feigning when taking a penalty? A player can feign when taking a normal shot or a free kick so what's the problem?
I said that when it was announced, it's a really interesting rule change and completely changes the way a game has started for as long as I can remember.
The original rule was that the ball had to roll it's full circumference in a forward direction for the game to start. So, is it just the direction that is changed, ie it can now roll backwards?
