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THE CTA PRONOUNCES

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Published:9/08/2022 - 15:32h

Updated:9/08/2022 - 15:32h

In order to optimize effective playing time, the LaLiga refereeing committee has announced new measures. In addition, sentences will be reduced in plays with ambiguous interpretations

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With the end to enter improvements in the referee's work and reduce the margin of error during the parties of the next edition of LaLiga, the president of the Technical Committee of Referees of the Real Spanish Federation of Football, Luis Medina Cantalejo, has announced a series of modifications, especially regarding the time of replacement and to some played of interpretation.

One of the subjects in which more it has focused the referee has been the enlargement of the effective time of game. In words of the president of the CTA, this has come increasing until in a 32 % from November, doing emphasis in avoiding the losses of time during the verbal cautions that interrupt the game: "This season will be able to arrive until the 15 minutes of time added".

New interpretations of the hands and the offside

Of equal way, has indicated that from the Committee will do all the possible so that the quantity of penaltis distinguished owing to contacts of the hand with the balloon with ambiguous interpretations was reduced: "we will try by all the means that reduce the number of penaltis by these hands 'grey' that cause desaliento and do not convince".

Medina Cantalejo has insisted in the reading of the hands in the area. In his previous address, urged to the referees to not to signal them if they do not have greater influence in the development of the party: "If the balloon goes to an unimportant zone, without that there is a mate of the forward and does not have consequence in the game, have asked them that they abstain of pitar. We go to try that they reduce the penaltis, especially those of which remains you the feeling that lacking something".

A similar measure will take place regarding the offside, that will be signalled under specific conditions to cancel the played of goal: "In the modification of the interpretation of the offside have said that the contrary has to have the body controlled, that the touch was clear and that it has to be practically a cession backwards".