Nine, ten, eleven, even twelve minutes minutes of additional time. The figures surprised viewers this winter during the World Cup in Qatar. On Wednesday, the fourth referee of the Panama-France meeting at the Women’s World Cup even announced thirteen additional minutes. This new policy for counting stoppages in play will make its appearance in Ligue 1 from the 2023-2024 season.
Antony Gautier, director of arbitration, and Stéphane Lannoy, deputy technical director in charge of the professional sector, announced the measure Thursday morning at the headquarters of the FFF. In the wake of Fifa, the objective is to maximize effective playing time. Thus, goal celebrations will now be counted in added time, as well as time lost on penalty situations.
“We want these rules to apply to all teams, from the first to the last day,” said Stéphane Lannoy. Clearly, a meeting may benefit from significant additional time even in the event of a river score for one of the two teams. Situation which, in the past, could encourage the referee to stop the match more quickly. “You never know, there could be an impact on the score and on the goal average.”
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