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New Football Rules: No more red cards for goalkeepers
11 May 2016 at 08:06hrs | Views
LONDON - Goalkeepers may no longer see red after a major revision of football's laws.
The dreaded "triple jeopardy" rule which saw keepers red carded and serve a suspension if they conceded a penalty is the biggest change brought in.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has made 95 changes and removed ancient language to simplify their Laws of the Game handbook.
It means as long as referees can see that keepers have made a genuine attempt to go for the ball than denying strikers an obvious goal scoring opportunity will now only result in a yellow card.
Fouls committed outside the box or obvious professional fouls in the penalty area will still result in a red card but the key is whether players make a genuine attempt.
The new laws will be brought in from June 1 and England have received special permission to use them in their pre-Euro warm-up friendlies with Australia and Turkey in May.
IFAB technical director David Elleray, who said the new law to replace triple jeopardy was being done on a two year trial basis, said: "It was agreed that the triple jeopardy punishment of a penalty, red card and suspension was too harsh. "
The other key changes will allow the ball to be kicked backward from kick-offs and also a fouled player will no longer necessarily have to leave the pitch for treatment.
If the injured player can be dealt with quickly then he will not be asked to leave the pitch.
There is also a new law which means if players have a pre-match bust-up – like if Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane's infamous tunnel bust-up came to blows – then they would be removed from the starting line-ups and be replaced by a substitute.
Football could also bring in "penalty goals" – similar to rugby union's penalty try – in a bid to stop rule-breaking like the handball committed by Luis Suarez at the 2010 World Cup.
Suarez handled the ball on the line in the closing moments of a quarter-final against Ghana, and despite being sent off, he ensured his side's progress as Asamoah Gyan blasted the penalty over, and Uruguay won in the shoot-out.
But now football's lawmakers are looking at a way to prevent that situation arising again, with the Suarez incident cited as a perfect example of when a penalty goal could be awarded.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is currently reviewing the laws of the game, and has already made wide-ranging changes, which will come into play for Euro 2016.
However, the "penalty goal" would be part of the next wave of changes, as IFAB's technical director, former referee Elleray, says that his priorities for after the European Championships are to look at penalty goals and conduct a close examination of the handball rule.
This will go in step with the advances of video technology. Elleray will represent the FA next week at a workshop in Amsterdam involving 15 other nations interested in extending the use of video technology.
They are in the process of defining the practical introduction of further technology, debating what sort of incidents might be refereed with video assistance and who will do it.
Elleray believes the FA may be ready to extend trials by the start of next year.
More immediately, England will test the changes to come in this June when they take on Australia and Turkey in Euro 2016 warm-up games.
The biggest change – one of special interest to Joe Hart and other goalkeepers – concerns an attempt to remove the controversial triple punishment for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO).
A foul inside the penalty area which prevents a clear goal-scoring opportunity, like the one committed by Thibaut Courtois against Manchester City last month, will no longer result in an automatic red card.
Other rule changes coming in include:
- Players to have a brief spell of medical treatment without leaving the pitch – if the foul committed on them was worthy of a card.
- Off-side free-kicks will be taken from where the offence takes place rather than where the player was when he was first flagged off-side.
- Another concerns players returning to the pitch after leaving for an equipment change. They will no longer have to wait for a break in play.
- Injured players off the pitch behind the goal become inactive after one phase of play.
- Outside interference in the game by substitutes or staff will be punishable with a direct free-kick (upgraded from an indirect free-kick).
- The referee's scope for disciplinary action has been extended to take in the warm-up and pre-match tunnel area, whereas before it was when the teams came out for the game.
-The kick-off will no longer have to go forwards, it can now be passed backwards.
- Several technical changes to the penalty shoot-out, including a rule to clarify that the penalty is not over until the ball has stopped moving, which followed a major controversy in the Moroccan Cup final when the goalkeeper saved a penalty and ran off to celebrate as the ball spun back into the net.
These changes, together with other minor technical alterations and changes to equipment rules involving corner flags and socks are all part of Elleray's Revision of the Laws of the Game which has streamlined the rules for the modern game.
The dreaded "triple jeopardy" rule which saw keepers red carded and serve a suspension if they conceded a penalty is the biggest change brought in.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has made 95 changes and removed ancient language to simplify their Laws of the Game handbook.
It means as long as referees can see that keepers have made a genuine attempt to go for the ball than denying strikers an obvious goal scoring opportunity will now only result in a yellow card.
Fouls committed outside the box or obvious professional fouls in the penalty area will still result in a red card but the key is whether players make a genuine attempt.
The new laws will be brought in from June 1 and England have received special permission to use them in their pre-Euro warm-up friendlies with Australia and Turkey in May.
IFAB technical director David Elleray, who said the new law to replace triple jeopardy was being done on a two year trial basis, said: "It was agreed that the triple jeopardy punishment of a penalty, red card and suspension was too harsh. "
The other key changes will allow the ball to be kicked backward from kick-offs and also a fouled player will no longer necessarily have to leave the pitch for treatment.
If the injured player can be dealt with quickly then he will not be asked to leave the pitch.
There is also a new law which means if players have a pre-match bust-up – like if Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane's infamous tunnel bust-up came to blows – then they would be removed from the starting line-ups and be replaced by a substitute.
Football could also bring in "penalty goals" – similar to rugby union's penalty try – in a bid to stop rule-breaking like the handball committed by Luis Suarez at the 2010 World Cup.
Suarez handled the ball on the line in the closing moments of a quarter-final against Ghana, and despite being sent off, he ensured his side's progress as Asamoah Gyan blasted the penalty over, and Uruguay won in the shoot-out.
But now football's lawmakers are looking at a way to prevent that situation arising again, with the Suarez incident cited as a perfect example of when a penalty goal could be awarded.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is currently reviewing the laws of the game, and has already made wide-ranging changes, which will come into play for Euro 2016.
However, the "penalty goal" would be part of the next wave of changes, as IFAB's technical director, former referee Elleray, says that his priorities for after the European Championships are to look at penalty goals and conduct a close examination of the handball rule.
They are in the process of defining the practical introduction of further technology, debating what sort of incidents might be refereed with video assistance and who will do it.
Elleray believes the FA may be ready to extend trials by the start of next year.
More immediately, England will test the changes to come in this June when they take on Australia and Turkey in Euro 2016 warm-up games.
The biggest change – one of special interest to Joe Hart and other goalkeepers – concerns an attempt to remove the controversial triple punishment for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO).
A foul inside the penalty area which prevents a clear goal-scoring opportunity, like the one committed by Thibaut Courtois against Manchester City last month, will no longer result in an automatic red card.
Other rule changes coming in include:
- Players to have a brief spell of medical treatment without leaving the pitch – if the foul committed on them was worthy of a card.
- Off-side free-kicks will be taken from where the offence takes place rather than where the player was when he was first flagged off-side.
- Another concerns players returning to the pitch after leaving for an equipment change. They will no longer have to wait for a break in play.
- Injured players off the pitch behind the goal become inactive after one phase of play.
- Outside interference in the game by substitutes or staff will be punishable with a direct free-kick (upgraded from an indirect free-kick).
- The referee's scope for disciplinary action has been extended to take in the warm-up and pre-match tunnel area, whereas before it was when the teams came out for the game.
-The kick-off will no longer have to go forwards, it can now be passed backwards.
- Several technical changes to the penalty shoot-out, including a rule to clarify that the penalty is not over until the ball has stopped moving, which followed a major controversy in the Moroccan Cup final when the goalkeeper saved a penalty and ran off to celebrate as the ball spun back into the net.
These changes, together with other minor technical alterations and changes to equipment rules involving corner flags and socks are all part of Elleray's Revision of the Laws of the Game which has streamlined the rules for the modern game.
Source - The Mirror
