the Qatar World Cup is just a few days
old, but a theme has already emerged in
the opening round of matches . we are
talking about the prolonged period of
added time , at the end of both halves. why
is that, let’s tell you the first five
games have had about 85 minutes added on.
between them with England’s match
against Iran lasting an incredible 117
minutes and 16 seconds. Argentina shocked
defeat of Saudi Arabia, clocked seven
minutes of first half stoppage time . plus
almost 14 minutes added at the end of
the second half
stoppages .in both those matches went
largely down to injuries but is also
part of a concerted effort by FIFA to
clamp down on time wasting.
FIFA’s a refereeing Chief Pierre Luigi
Colina has urged a Crackdown on time
wasting to more accurately calculate
playing minutes lost during matches.
players often deliberately delay
restarting the game after stoppages of
play . to wind down the clock Karina said
that the anti-time wasting regulations
were introduced at the 2018 World Cup.
but it is only now
that they are seeing more minutes of
what FIFA calls actively.
the extra long matches have caused by
the stir
is something that fans and players will
have to start getting used.