‘One goal could make a difference’ – FIFA head of refs Pierluigi Collina wants correct added time even if score is 7-0
FIFA head of refereeing Pierluigi Collina wants full stoppage time added in games even if they are one-sided like Liverpool’s 7-0 win over Manchester United last Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side’s 7-0 rout of United on Super Sunday had only three minutes added at the end of the 90 minutes despite six-second-half goals and both sides making their full compliment of substitutions in the second 45 minutes.
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Collina, in a briefing to reporters, also used the example of Liverpool’s 5-2 defeat to Real Madrid at Anfield where seven minutes of additional time was added on, but the world referee’s chief said that had the added time been added up properly it would have been nearer 16 minutes.
The World Cup in Qatar last year showed a push from FIFA and Collina to see referees add more accurate amounts of added time for stoppages such as goal celebrations, substitutions, injuries and time-wasting.
It led to a number of 100-minute games and Collina insists accurate time-keeping does matter, even when the score is as large as 7-0.
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‘We want to fight against time-wasting’
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the positive feedback received on the more accurate calculation of stoppage time:
“It has been widely appreciated by everyone,” the Swiss official, also an International Olympic Committee member, said.
“We want to fight against time-wasting, we want the fans to enjoy the game.
“We have to ensure that also the application of the Laws of the Game are universal.
“We will monitor leagues all over the world to ensure proper stoppage time is played.”
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“Last weekend in the Premier League, there were 10 matches,” Collina said. “Four had additional time of 10 minutes or more and two should have been higher but weren’t only because they had scores of 7-0 and 4-0.
“In the game at Liverpool, there was four minutes added, one in the first half and three in the second. But there were six goals in the second half.
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“Maybe at some point in the future we will have a rule which says if the difference between the two sides is big the additional time is not to be given. But this would be in the laws of the game.
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Pierluigi Collina did suggestfootball could one day look for inspiration from baseball to control the length of games.
Baseball’s “mercy rule,” used at international tournaments and at some US collegiate levels, ends a game when one team builds a big lead after a certain number of innings.
“Maybe in the future we may consider within the laws of the game to say that additional time has not to be given at the end of the match if there is a difference of x’ goals between the teams,” said Collina.
“At a certain stage we need to consider what is common sense or what is not.”
He added: “Now it is common sense but it is common sense when it doesn’t affect someone.
“I can understand that showing the right amount of time when it is 7-0 is difficult to understand. But in some competitions the goal difference in the entire competition may be decisive at the end for the ranking.
“So, even one goal scored or not scored could make the difference.”
In 1989, Arsenal won the English league title over Liverpool on the tiebreaker of goals scored with the teams’ goal difference identical. The teams met in the last game of the season and Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Liverpool was sealed by a goal in second-half stoppage time.
Image: The clampdown on time-wasting at the World Cup was well-recieved
Collina acknowledged that lengthy added time in games such as Liverpool’s lopsided win last weekend could be viewed as “something not really understandable,” though he suggested consistency was key.
“At the World Cup people knew what to expect,” said the former top match official, who refereed the 2002 final.
“Where there is consistency on the field of play every decision is better.”
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Collina: Players will stop time-wasting once correct added time is applied
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Pierluigi Collina, chairman of FIFA’s referee committee, explains why there’s been an obvious increase in added time given by referees at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
FIFA want World Cup-style timekeeping to be adopted globally next season so 100-minute games should become routine in domestic leagues.
Football’s international rule-making body IFAB has also announced plans to increase the ‘effective time’ being played during matches with five key areas – substitutions, player injuries, penalties and red cards, VAR and goal celebrations – used when calculating overall stoppage time rather than just an estimate.
And Collina believes that players will stop time-wasting once the correct amounts of added time are applied.
“It’s time to compensate time that was not played during the match,” said Collina who chairs FIFA’s referees’ committee.
‘Players stopped staying down at the World Cup’
English FA chief executive Mark Bullingham:
“What you saw in Qatar was lots of extra time added, then it actually became a bit less because players then knew there was no point in staying down.”
“We are not considering to go from 70 to 75. No, we want to avoid just playing 43 minutes.
“The effective time at Aston Villa vs Brentford was 43 minutes. I don’t think someone wants to pay to watch a match that lasts 43 minutes.
“We have seen implementing VAR has reduced simulation. How many cards are now given for simulation? Very little because the players know it is meaningless to try,” said 63-year-old Collina, who refereed the 2002 World Cup final.
“I am convinced time-wasting will be reduced when players know it is meaningless to waste time because that time is compensated.”
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Jamie Carragher believes the increased stoppage time at the World Cup sends a message that time wasting will not be tolerated.
Premier League time-wasting: Is it a growing issue?
Back in January, a Sky Sports study showed the amount of football being played in the Premier League has hit an all-time low.
At the time, at an average Premier League game this season, the ball had been in play for less than 56 per cent of the match. That figure has been falling consistently over the past 10 years and the 2022/23 was lowest on record at that point.
Sky Sports analysis had found that in 23 games this season, Premier League fans have sat through matches where the ball was out of play for more than half of the playing time.
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Dein on time-wasting: ‘It takes 10 seconds to score a goal – we need accuracy’
Also back in January, former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein talked about his 10-year campaign to try to solve football’s time-wasting problem in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports,
“How long do you think it takes to score a goal?,” Dein told Sky Sports. “On average, people will say anywhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.
“I’ve got not one, but dozens of examples where a three or four-man move that ends with a goal can take just 10 seconds.
“I’ve campaigned all my life in football for fairness, for accuracy and integrity in the game. Time-wasting is one area of the game that really hasn’t had the attention it deserves.”
Read the full interview here!
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