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IFAB changes for 26-27

This will make a big difference, Arsenal along with many clubs run the clock down at the end of the match.

45 seconds for throw ins and goal kicks.

Simon Hooper should be cautioning for delaying the restart, albeit he added 7 mins plus an extra 2.5 mins, but the fans want to get home 🙈

Law 15 – The Throw-in

• Use of a five-second visual countdown when a player/team is delaying the taking of a throw-in.
 
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There is no change to sending off offences, although it could result in fewer second cautions. The DOGSO change means a player will no longer be cautioned following a goal scored after advantage.
i.e. it will now be
DOGSO offence, no advantage, free kick awarded = sending off
DOGSO deliberate handball or foul with no attempt/challenge for the ball, no advantage, penalty kick awarded = sending off
DOGSO non-deliberate handball or foul with attempt/challenge for the ball, no advantage, penalty kick awarded = caution
DOGSO offence, advantage played with no goal scored as a result = caution
DOGSO offence, advantage played with goal scored as a result = no sanction
Oh you can see it now...
As these will be implemented at the world cup too, sometime during game round 1 on a social network page full of armchair refs, I bring you "that should be a 2nd yellow. [Insert player/team] was affected on some random date in March with a 2nd yellow. Its just a conspiracy to keep this player on and/or win the world cup" followed by showing clips of the "exact" same incident, in their eyes, in the rest of their post from a game in 2024.
Then saying refs have no clue and it's corruption.
 
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