The 100-minute match experience that riled even the most docile of football fans during last winter’s Qatar World Cup is set to rear its head once more when the Lionesses make their way Down Under.
Fifa has told referees involved in this summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that any delays to play caused by goal celebrations, substitutions, injury treatments, penalties, red cards and those pesky video assistant refereeing interventions should be added on at the end of each half, according to PA news.
The instructions echo the directive Fifa followed at last year’s men’s finals in Qatar, where matches routinely exceeded the 100-minute mark.
