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CONGRATULATIONS! The changes of the IFAB on when signal "hand"

Published:6/03/2021 - 16:39h

Updated:6/03/2021 - 16:39h

The international entity that governs the statutes of the deport king established that no all contact of the arm with a player with the balloon can be pitado like "hand"

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The members of the international organism that elaborates the laws by which governs the football all over the world, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), has made a series of explanations on when can sing "hand" the referees during a football match, clearing that no all impact of the balloon with the arm of a player can be pitado like hand.

"Since the interpretations of the actions by hand no always have been coherent because of wrong applications of the law, the members confirmed that no all touch hand-held/arm of a player with the balloon is sancionable", explained.

They add that, however, in the case that the arm of the player was "abnormally bigger", confirmed that it will depend on the referees determine if a player tried to use his hand or one of the arms to divert the balloon knowingly. "The referees have to follow using his criterion to determine the validity of the position of the hand/arm in relation with the movement of the player in this specific situation".

Of this form, the criterion for pitar a fault by use of the hands will be established of the following way: "it considers hand if it touches knowingly the balloon with the hand (for example, moving the hand or the arm to the balloon); it touches the balloon with his hand/arm when it has agrandado his body of unnatural way (considers that a player has agrandado his body of form no natural when the position of his hand/arm is not consequence of the corporal movement for this specific situation, running the risk that the balloon strike in his arm); or if it annotates in the goal of the opponent of immediate way although it was of accidental form directly with his hand/arm".

Besides, they explained that, to the hour to trace went them of game, has to take into account that the zone of the upper arm to the armpit will not be infringement. By what consistently has to trace line from this point, since a marked goal with this zone yes would be valid from the moment in that these changes go in in rigour. Said changes, will go in in force on 1 July, by what will not use in the Eurocopa.

Other changes

The directors of said institution, announced also that will follow studying the possibility to add more changes in the regulation until August of the next year, mainly the regulations referents to those cases in which a player suffer a possible cerebral shock to protect his physical integrity.

On the replacements of players, agreed that "regarding the temporary modification of the Rule 3, that allows to the teams use until five substitutes in the parties of the competitions of high level (for the competitions of clubs that finalise on 31 December 2021 and the competitions of national selections that finalise on 31 July 2022), the members agreed that the current impact of the pandemia of covid-19 in the football has to keep on being object of review".

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