Revolution in football! Infantino admits the implementation of “Wenger's Law” » What it entails

The proposal by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, now director of world football development at FIFA, states the following: an offside would only be flagged if the striker's whole body was in front of the opposing defender, and not just part of his body.

FIFA president agrees to rule that would change football

The proposal has been known for several years, but now Gianni Infantino has admitted that he intends to implement it. The FIFA president is of the opinion that such a change would increase the level of attractiveness of the matches.

Present in Dubai at the World Sports Summit, he spoke about the possibility of implementing the new rule. The new rule would mean that an offside would only be flagged if the striker's entire body was in front of the opposing defender, and not just part of his body.

“We continue to improve the VAR system with more and more advanced technologies to help referees make the right decision. We continue to analyze the rules, asking ourselves how we can make the game more offensive, more attractive.

And here the idea of ​​changing the offside rule, previously expressed but difficult to implement, reappeared. The offside rule has evolved over the years and requires the forward to be behind the defender, in line with him. Maybe in the future he will have to be full forward to be offside“, he declared, according to abola.pt.

The change implied by “Wenger's Law” / photo: X

Infantino does not want to stop there. The FIFA official spoke about another increasingly common problem in football: the excessive time delay. He said that officials are considering measures to reduce the time lost in a football match.

“It's important that the game runs smoothly, so interruptions must be kept to a minimum,” he continued, according to the aforementioned source.