The International Board will maintain the five changes per game

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) confirmed that the five changes will be maintained. This rule was imposed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The measure will be fixed as of July 1 of this year and Qatar 2022 will be the first world cup to feature this number of variants.

The entity responsible for governing the rules of the game in football, announced in a statement that its members expressed written support for the amendments made in November 2021 and that they will be ratified at the next Assembly, which is yet to be defined.

It should be recalled that the International Football Association Board (IFAB) planned to hold the Assembly on 3 March, but due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it had to be postponed.

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During the November 2021 Assembly, the International Board rejected the proposal to increase the rest time from 15 to 25 minutes. He also pledged to study the extent of the five changes per game for each team.

At the time, the measure was imparted temporarily in 2020 in order to safeguard the integrity of players and mitigate the impact of positive cases for Covid-19 on football teams, which were affected by the ravages caused by this virus.

Similarly, at the meeting held in November, important clarifications were made in the rules of play on the position of the goalkeeper who should be on the finish line before the execution of the maximum penalty. However, this will not be punished if you have one foot behind the line when the collection is made from the twelve steps.

As for replacements, in cases of concussions and according to the recommendation of specialists, it was agreed to extend by one year the initial period of the pilot tests, which are scheduled for August of this year.

On the other hand, FIFA announced some changes in the future that would allow leagues with fewer resources to have access to video arbitration (VAR) technology, as well as the latest advances in methodologies that would benefit video arbitration teams to make decisions with greater agility and accuracy against possible outsiders of game.

Finally, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) added that, in accordance with established regulations, the proposed changes, which will take effect from 1 July, must be formally ratified at the next General Assembly.

At the time, this rule generated all kinds of comments for and against, such as the English Premier League, which returned to the regulations of three substitutions and will now have to submit to the changes of the International Board.

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