There has been plenty of time added at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar; would you like to see the same in Serie A?
There have been 64 minutes of added time in the opening four games in Qatar, a scenario that took many by surprise, although former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina, now chairman of the FIFA referees committee, had announced it in an interview last week.
“If you want more active time, we need to be ready to see this kind of additional time given. Think of a match with three goals scored. A celebration normally takes one, one and a half minutes, so with three goals scored, you lose five or six minutes,” he said.
“What we want to do is accurately calculate the added time at the end of each half. It can be the fourth official to do that, we were successful in Russia and we expect the same in Qatar.”
It’s been one of the biggest football-related talking points at the World Cup and is expected to cause even more controversy when big games are played later in the competition.
It remains to be seen if the amount of added time calculated at the World Cup and the new FIFA guidelines will impact domestic and European competitions, including Serie A and Champions League.
Would you like to see more of the same in Italy when the season resumes in January? Vote in the poll and let us know in the comments section.