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Actual playing time

Discussion in 'World Football' started by jake10, Mar 10, 2023.

Discuss Actual playing time in the World Football area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. jake10

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    Plans next season to stop time wasting, like they did at recent World Cup, shocking time wasting going on that’s aimed by our opponents to limit their battering

    Italian former World Cup referee Collina has been given figures that show Premier League matches have an effective time of 54.49 minutes, while it is even lower in the Scottish Premier League at 50.42 minutes.
     
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  2. HenriksRightBoot

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    I´m all for it. The time-wasting going on in many games, across so many levels, is a game-killer.

    That said, it´s another issue for officials to handle. Given the ongoing fiasco of VAR, I won´t be holding my breath that anything will actually improve.
     
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  3. Westlondonscot Gold Member Gold Member

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    Football associations and referees should have to answer why games are actually short. The reality is teams should be punished for time wasting. In the future I think it may be better to have a 60 minute game with stops for everything. I think lots of Scottish teams will struggle playing for a full 90 minutes.