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Starting next season, a significant change to the Laws of the Game will penalize goalkeepers who waste time by awarding a corner kick to the opposing team.
Goalkeepers will only have eight seconds to release the ball after gaining control under the new law that will be introduced this summer during the Club World Cup match between Chelsea and Manchester City.
The referee will start a countdown once three seconds have elapsed. If the goalkeeper has not released the ball by the time the countdown reaches zero, a corner kick will be awarded.
The International FA Board lawmakers also supported trials of a raft of other changes along with the proposed new "torso" offside law revealed by Sun Sport yesterday.
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IFAB’s new rule
The most notable decision made at Ifab's Annual General Meeting in Belfast was the introduction of a new goalkeeper law.
Members agreed that the current six-second limit was rarely enforced due to the punishment of an indirect free-kick being seen as too harsh.
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According to the Sun, FIFA general secretary Mattias Grafstrom said, “Referees have not been applying the law but the tests of this were very successful.
“The combination of the visual part with the referee signalling that the countdown was on and the consequences of not releasing the ball were very beneficial.”
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Ifab refs’ chief David Elleray also explained, “There was a classic example at Old Trafford last season, when Brighton won 3-1.
“The average time Andre Onana, the Man United goalkeeper held the ball was 4.8 seconds, while Jason Steele for Brighton held the ball was 14.8 seconds, average. So we've tried to address that.
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“We’ve got to a point where the goalkeepers are never penalised. It's ridiculous, the goalkeeper catches the ball, nobody's near him, he falls on the ground and lies there for eight, nine, 10 seconds.
“We’re getting players saying we must do something about it. So we have to do something. In the 170 games in PL2, they've had three corners given. So there’s a clear deterrent effect. It speeds up the game and is more positive.”
Officials at Ifab believe that getting fans involved in the countdown will put additional pressure on goalkeepers to play faster.
They are also likely to consider similar penalties for delaying throw-ins and goal kicks in the future to prevent slow play.
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