Rules panel aims to let goalkeepers move more at penalties
Posted November 22, 2018 3:53 pm.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — World soccer’s rule-making panel says it wants to give goalkeepers more freedom to move when facing a penalty.
Currently, the Laws of the Game state goalkeepers “must remain on the goal line … until the ball has been kicked.”
The panel, known as IFAB, now proposes “needing only one foot on the goal line when a penalty is taken,” allowing goalkeepers to begin moving forward earlier.
IFAB met Thursday to identify several changes it wants to approve at a March 2 meeting, and take effect June 1.
Proposals include: ending trials with penalty shootouts to return to teams alternating kicks; cutting timewasting by forcing substituted players to leave the field at the nearest spot, writing a more precise wording for non-deliberate handball offences.
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