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Punishment threatens: important change of rule in football
01.03.2025 – 5:04 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
The football control guardians want the goalkeepers not hold the ball for as long. The future punishment for this is unusual.
Football goalkeepers should be allowed to hold the ball in their hands in the future, but one violation will be punished with a corner kick for the other team in the future. The referee is said to show the last five seconds. This was decided by the rule keepers of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at their annual conference in Belfast.
So far, six seconds have been the permissible maximum duration, with a violation there is an indirect free kick for the other team and thus usually a greater chance of scoring than with a corner kick. However, the referee is often very generously designed. Attempts with the new rule showed that it had a significant positive influence to prevent time game by goalkeepers. The new rule should apply for the first time at the club World Cup from June 14th.
In addition, the rule keepers introduced guidelines so that in the future in all competitions where this would be desired, only the captains can speak to the impartial. The IFAB also supports efforts by the World Association FIFA to have more referees wearing cameras wearing on the body in the future.