Zurich (dpa) - Ex-coach Arsene Wenger is in his new role at the FIFA World Cup for a change in the offside rule.
As a result, a player should not be offside as long as a body part with which a goal can be scored is at the same level as the penultimate opposing player. So far, a player is offside if only one of these body parts is closer to the goal than the penultimate opponent. "That would clear it up and you would no longer have millimeter decisions if only a fraction of an attacker was off the line of defense," Wenger told The Sun newspaper.
According to the report, the 70-year-old Frenchman plans to submit his proposal to the International Football Association Board's rule-keepers, who will meet in Belfast on February 29. The former Arsenal coach was introduced in November as the new FIFA director for global football funding. In this role, he is to drive the development of football and is a member of advisory bodies of the Ifab.
Report to the Sun.
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