In collaboration with the IFAB, the body that dictates the laws of football, FIFA has decided to experiment with a new rule for offside. This measure advised by Arsène Wenger should represent a big advantage for attackers, and a nightmare for defenders.
Arsène Wenger made it his fight. On several occasions, the director of world football development at FIFA has expressed his desire to put an end to offsides down to the millimetre. On or off the pitch, all football fans have already been annoyed at least once after a VAR intervention for an almost invisible offside. This is why FIFA, in collaboration with the IFAB, the body that dictates the laws of football, has decided to experiment with a new rule.
🚨 FIFA would like to test a new offside rule! 😳
To be offside, the player’s ENTIRE body would have to be offside. In this photo, the player would therefore not be in an offside position ❌
Sweden, Italy and the Netherlands should test this… pic.twitter.com/n79ZgYXAps
— BeFootball (@_BeFootball) July 1, 2023
According to this measure already nicknamed the “Wenger law”, a player will only be called offside if his whole body is behind the last defender at the time of the pass. The new rule, which will favor attackers over defenders, will first be tested in the youth categories in Sweden. And this to the delight of Per Widen, member of the Swedish Football Association.
” We were a little hesitant at firstconfided the leader in remarks relayed by As. But then we felt it was good, that we had to participate in this project. Especially after talking about it with those categories that are concerned with the experience. It’s fun to be involved in something like this from the start. FIFA sold it to us. She has great confidence in our football and she knows that we have a good organization. »
Fewer offsides, more goals
Intended for U21 men and U19 women in Sweden, the rule also delights international referee Jonas Eriksson. ” If it leads to more attractive football, as FIFA’s vision suggests… I think it should benefit the strikers, that’s what everyone wantsreacted the official. It will be a good thing. There will be more goals, it will be nice to watch. It’s what everyone wants. It’s good to try to participate in that, to try to develop. “Sufficient to put an end to the controversy? Not so sure.
