In Italy on average it is not reached at 53 ‘, while in France we are at 56’54 “. Too many waste of time that risk penalizing the football product and our competitiveness in the cups
The doubt insinuates itself into anyone who goes to see a Serie A game but how much do you really play in a game? Between protests, more or less real injuries, waste of time on each postponement from the bottom or lateral remittance, too often the game is stopped because those who defend the result aims to waste time. At the expense of the show (see problems selling the football product abroad) and that game intensity that then penalizes us when our clubs go to play in Europe.
Inter-Udinese peak
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Just the comparison with the other championships leaves no escape. Among the 5 best continental tournaments, we are clearly the last for actual minutes played. The average at the beginning of the season in A is 52’55 “per game, while in the ligue1 leavened at 56’54”. We are over 7%. In the middle there are Premier (54’21 “), Bundesliga (55’32”) and Liga (55’58 “). In the last round, before the stop, the peak touched by us with Inter-Udinese which lasted 98 real minutes (recoveries of 2 and 6 ‘), even if almost half of it was played: 50’06”.
Despite the new rules …
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Football is in fact the only discipline in which you can waste time. For some, this is also part of the game, but surely so the sporting spirit is betrayed. And for sure for now the regulatory changes just introduced are not enough (if for example a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than 8 “, the penalty is no longer a kick of indirect punishment, but a corner kick assigned to the opposing team), given that our own trend is worsening. In the last championship, in fact the actual game average was 54’50” and the previous year exceeded 55 “(55” 17 ‘).
in Europe
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Taking into consideration the seasons ’23 -24 and ’24 -25, the trend is also falling in Europe and the explanation must also be sought in reduced recoveries compared to the past, when the long wave of the World Cup in Qatar (November 2022) weighed when it was systematically going in a double figure of extra minutes. It mainly affects the drop in England, where it is played with great pace and (apparently) with fewer stops. In Premier from the 58’12 “average match of 23-24 to 57 ‘of 24-25 to the current 54’21”. In Bundesliga from 57’18 to 56’21 “and now 55’32”. In Ligue 1 smaller variations (from 57’29 “to 57’21” to 56’54 “) while in the Liga it remained permanently on the 56 ‘scarce. However, more and more than in Italy.
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