The Referees Committee of the Saudi Football Federation has announced the adoption of the system for the application of effective minutes of the game, similar to what was practiced at the World Cup in Qatar.
confirmed The CommissionIn a statement, the application of actual playing minutes in World Cup matches has brought positive results in terms of increasing the number of effective playing minutes, indicating that extra time is aimed at calculating extra time at the end of each half. , through a task carried out by the fourth referee, who will announce the recovery time.
The Referee Committee confirmed that it seeks, through the application of effective playing time, to increase effective playing time to 60 minutes instead of the previous number of 50 minutes, as well as help prepare national team players for the benefit upcoming, as well as preparing Saudi referees to participate in international and Asian federations matches.
The Referee Committee has addressed “instructions to the referees to effectively manage the calculation of the recovery time in 6 specific cases from whistle to whistle, which are the goal and its celebration, the penalty kick, the injuries, the waste of time, the objections between players and video referee reviews,” according to his statement.
And match time in the 2022 FIFA World Cup competitions has become longer than in previous versions of the tournament, after informing referees of the need to more accurately calculate stoppage time and any other interruptions during play.
The head of the FIFA refereeing committee, Pierluigi Collina, said: BeforeThe International Federation wants to ensure that play continues for as long as possible by requiring referees to accurately calculate injury time.
Collina said the move “wasn’t new” and that it was common for the 2018 World Cup in Russia to feature seven, eight or nine minutes in the original 90-minute time limit.
Collina also worked to manage the time lost after matches. This distinguishes between intentional wasting time and delays which are an essential part of the game, such as the ball going out of bounds.
Colina explained to the site “ESPN“In the World Cup in Russia we tried to be more precise in making up for lost time during matches, and for this we ensured between six and eight minutes of added time.”
He continued: “If there are three goals in the first half, it’s likely we’ll lose about four or five minutes to celebrate and then play again.”
Collina said at the time that it was a “better system than in the past, when it was up to the referee to pretend to make the decision”.
