Players and fans also have to be prepared for long stoppage times at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Oceania Tournament umpires are required to adequately compensate for any disruption.
The average stoppage time per game at the men’s World Cup last winter in Qatar was a whopping eleven minutes. This caused a lack of understanding among many spectators and footballers. But FIFA remains true to its line. The world association wants to fight time wasting.
Specifically, the game officials are asked to compensate for the time lost in the event of injury interruptions, goal celebrations, yellow and red cards, VAR decisions and penalties at the end of the two sections of the game and any overtime.
As in the NFL: video evidence is explained in English
What is new at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is that decisions are explained in English by the respective referees over the stadium microphones after video evidence – similar to the NFL professional football league. FIFA had already tried the procedure at the Club World Cup and the Men’s U20 World Cup. Specifically, the decision, the reason for it, the players involved and a brief description of the incident are announced.
It is expected that the loudspeaker declaration will also be used in the national leagues such as the Bundesliga in the medium term. “After the World Cup we will discuss what is best for the future,” said referee boss Pierluigi Collina on Tuesday (07/18/2023) in Sydney: “The tests with the referees here on the training ground went very well. We are very confident.”