The International Board defined in the last hours that there will be modifications in eight rules from the 2023/2024 season. The variants in the regulation, which touch different facets of the game, have a rule that takes all the flashes and that, in a vulgar way, was known as the anti Dibu Martinez rule, who at this time is touring Bangladesh and India in rockstar mode.
Rule 14 called "The penalty" states: "It is clarified that, with his conduct, the goalkeeper will not disrespect the spirit of football or the opponent, e.g. distracting in an unregulated way the executor of the shot". And it is impossible not to remember how Emiliano Martínez made his own.
The "Look that you like brother" to Yerri Mina in the penalty shootout that had to be carried out in the semifinals of the Copa América 2021 or all the psychological game he did to Aurelien Tchouaméni prior to the coronation in Qatar 2022 are clear examples of the influence that the world champion goalkeeper had to decide to apply this rule.
Dibu Martinez saving a penalty to Yerri Mina. (EFE/Joedson Alves)
Undoubtedly, the implementation of this modification has as its main focus what was the actions of the Argentine, which affected the kickers and was then replicated throughout the football planet by different goalkeepers. With the change of the rule, Dibu, and so many other colleagues, will be limited and will no longer be able to use psychological games.
Beyond this rule there are seven other rules that will have variants and they are:
Rule 3. The players:
If after a goal has been scored and before the game resumes, the referee finds that an unauthorized person was on the field (a player, substitute, substituted player, player sent off, member of the coaching staff of the team that scored the goal or an external agent who interfered in the game) the game will resume with a direct free kick from the position of the unauthorized person was on the field of play. at the time of scoring the goal.
Meanwhile, the referee must award the goal if the unauthorized person was: a player, substitute, substituted player, expelled player, member of the coaching staff of the team that received the goal or an external agent who did not interfere in the game.
Rule 6. The other members of the refereeing team:
Other members of the refereeing team (two assistant referees, the fourth official, two additional assistant referees, the reserve assistant referee, the video assistant referee (VAR) and at least one VAR assistant (AVAR)) may be appointed for a match. The main novelty at this point is that, from now on, the reserve referee – called the fourth referee – will be able to help the main referee in making decisions within the field of play.
Rule 7. The duration of the match:
When it comes to recovering playing time, the celebrations of the goals will be an independent point to take into account, its addition to the modifications or any reason related to a significant delay when resuming a match.
Rule 10. The result of a match:
This modification focuses on the fact that the warnings and warnings imposed on members of the coaching staff and players are not taken into consideration during the penalty shootout.
Rule 11. The offside:
A player in an offside position shall be deemed not to have taken advantage of that position when he receives the ball from an opponent who plays voluntarily (Playing the ball "voluntarily" - excluding the voluntary hand - implies that the player has the possibility to control it and: pass to a teammate; regain possession, or clear, either with the foot or head) the ball, including the voluntary hand, unless it is a "savage" by an adversary.
Rule 12. Faults and misconduct:
If the referee signals a penalty kick for an infraction committed by a player of the defending team in the dispute of the ball (unless he grabs, drags or pushes the opponent and has no possibility of playing the ball), he will sanction said player with the same warning as if he intended to play the ball; that is, if with the infraction the player stops a promising attack or interferes with it: he would not be cautioned (no yellow card would be shown); If he avoided a goal or a clear goal chance: he would be cautioned (yellow card would be shown).
VAR protocol:
The VAR will also undergo modifications, since the presence of a replay technician will no longer be necessary, but there may be one or more assistants (AVAR).
The revolutionary change that will be tested in the law of the offside
The test is far from the current parameters: there would no longer be offside by a shoulder or knee away, but the attacker's entire body would have to be ahead of the last rival defender for the foul to be sanctioned.
"The goal is to be able to evaluate if this could make the game more attractive and increase the number of goals scored," they revealed to Clarín from the International Board.
However, it is only a test that will be carried out in youth tournaments and that will not yet officially impact the regulations, although it would not be unreasonable to think that if it works in a good way the modification of the rule can be evaluated.
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