FIFA referees’ chief Pierluigi Collina has announced that players at the 2026 FIFA World Cup would no longer be permitted to leave the pitch to hear instructions from coaches while a goalkeeper is being treated for an injury.
The change is intended to reduce the increasing usage of so-called “goalkeeper tactical timeouts,” in which teams utilise injury stops to regroup, receive tactical…
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