The referees on live TV and listened to by the fans at the stadium will tell the episodes examined and those who defend the door will no longer be allowed to waste time with the ball for a long time before restarting the action
The Serie A championship restarts with a series of novelties that will feature the referees and that the fans will learn to know immediately. The intent of the designator Rocchi is to bring the arbitration world closer to the general public, explaining the decisions taken on the pitch in a clear way is the best way to make people understand who it is in the stands what was decided on the field and why.
AnnUnci for everyone
The most important novelty had already been introduced for the semifinals and the final of the last Italian Cup, but has never been used. We are talking about a sample of a few games in which there have been no episodes to be analyzed in the Var. In the championship they will be much more numerous and the referee after the consultation at the VAR and the analysis of the action with the varists will explain to the whole stadium and on live television the reasons for the decision taken by specifying the names of the players involved and also the number of shirt. There is no maximum time for the evaluation of the episodes because each referee has its time, the important thing is that there is maximum clarity and there will be mainly on the simplicity of communication because the only thing that matters is that people understand the reasons for the decision.
Eight seconds for the goalkeeper
The other basic rule concerns the time granted to the goalkeepers to retain the ball. After eight seconds from the moment when the goalkeeper comes into possession of the ball will have to get rid of it, if he does not do it, a corner kick will be granted to the opposing team. The referee will count from the moment the ball is in the goalkeeper’s hands and will scan with his fingers the last five seconds in order to allow the goalkeeper to understand how long he remains to play the ball. This rule was already successfully used during the Club World Cup that took place in the United States. The goalkeeper cannot be contrasted by an opponent when he has the ball in his hands and there is no disciplinary sanction for the goalkeeper himself in the event of repetition of the infringement.
Double touch on the ball
The regulation also changes on the occasion in which a player by calculating a penalty inadvertently touches the ball with both feet. If the net is marked, the penalty must be repeated, if instead the referee is not marked grants an indirect punishment kick unless he evaluates to continue the action if the defendant team takes advantage. In short, few new things to memorize to follow the games without being surprised by the arbitration decisions.
