A new rule is coming that would change football: it is about offsides and Fifa promotes it

In it soccerThere are several controversial plays, but one of them is the offside, which has always been the center of criticism, since it has been modified in the latest regulations.

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The Athletic points out that the rector of football has told the International Board of the Football Association (IFAB), that they continue in the tests to modify the misplacement and approve the new regulations.

Arsene Wenger a legendary technicianl Arsenalis in charge of planning what concerns the modification.

“Since 1990, it has been established that any player on the attacking team will be in an illegal position if a capable part of his body that allows him to score a goal is closer to the goal than the ball and the penultimate opponent, but this could no longer be the case.” says Mundo Deportivo.

And he adds: “What Fifa proposes would mean that a player would be in an offside position when his entire body was between the penultimate defender and the goal. That is to say, as long as one foot is at the height of the opposing player, no matter how much the rest of the body is forward, it will not be considered an illegal position.”

What is understood is that the idea is to reduce the number of offsides in matches.

. “The discussion about changing the offside law is not new and is not something we will see introduced at higher levels imminently,” Wenger said.