A modest Equipment of Sweden has managed to sneak into the International Football Association Board (IFAB) To modify rule 11 that determines the offside in football.
Richard RinghovTechnician in 2023 of Torns if, which militates in the third Swedish category, wanted to demonstrate that the rule that determines the moment in which it is judged whether or not there is outside the play could lead to a surreal play.
The rule says that The reference point To determine if there is out game is “The first contact point of the pass or ball touch”. Well, Torns if's coach showed in a video, with several of his players as leading actors, how that rule could lead to equivocal situations if a player keeps the ball in his foot before throwing it.
The Swedish club, far from settleing noise on social networks, directly contacted the IFAB explaining that the rule could have lagoons. When the matter seemed to be forgotten, the football regulatory agency sent a mail in which he explains the modification of the off -back standardthanking Torns if his interest in improving the regulation.
The thanks of the IFAB to Torns If and the modification of rule 11
Since last June 3, rule 11 (out of play) adds a modification: “In the event that the ball is thrown by the goalkeeper, the reference point will be his last contact with the ball”. That is to say, The norm continues to allow a surreal situation like the videothat all players would think it is out of play but it really is not. However, prevents this situation from occurring when it is the goalkeeper who has the ball.
Until now, no one had realized that, based on the regulation, the serve of a goalkeeper with his hand should be determined when he took the ball with that hand and not when he threw it. Thank you for avoiding another mess, Torns.
