Football’s lawmakers are reportedly discussing radical solutions to combat time-wasting which takes the form of goalkeepers feigning injury, with the prospect of an outfield player being forced off one such possibility.
This ploy has been used by an ever-growing raft of teams since it was made mandatory for any outfield player receiving medical treatment to then leave the field for 30 seconds. Goalkeepers are exempt from this measure, allowing these gloved figures to break up matches by dropping to the turf to require treatment, creating “tactical timeouts” to give managers the chance to impart instructions to their outfielders without any penalty.
