During the first matches of the World Cup, spectators and viewers noted something unusual, the extension time that even reached 27 minutes in the second match yesterday, between England and Iran (6-2).
If the additional time of this particular match remains linked to the circumstances of this match with the injury and then the exit of the Iranian goalkeeper, he also obeyed FIFA directives.
Indeed, additional times are quite significant, since the start of the World Cup with 27 minutes added to the 90 minutes initial during the match between England and Iran, 10 more minutes between Senegal and the Netherlands and 9 between the United States and Wales.
The new FIFA directives, applicable for World Cup, impose on the referees to count it at all times lost during changes, faults, keys, corners, possible simulations, goals’ celebrations, medical care, VAR … to obtain a maximum of real playing time.
All this must be compensated, according to the FIFA instructions to avoid matches at 42, 43, 44 minutes of effective time. This is why it is not strange to see 8, 9, or even 10 minutes of additional time.
