😲 VAR shake-up: FIFA may allow checks on corners, second yellows 🧨

According to The Times, FIFA is reportedly considering a temporary exemption to expand the powers of VAR as early as the next World Cup, allowing interventions even in situations currently excluded by the protocol.

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The goal would be to test these innovations during the tournament and then, if successful, extend them to national leagues — including the Premier League — in the following season. But what would be the new situations in which VAR could intervene?

🔎 VAR, corners, and double yellows in FIFA’s revolution

According to the British newspaper, there is a growing belief within FIFA that VARs should be able to correct wrongly awarded corners, in order to avoid potentially decisive incidents, above all an undeserved corner kick.

The package of proposals also includes another possibility: reviewing the second yellow card on video, which is currently excluded by the protocol. However, this would not be an absolute novelty: back in 2017, FIFA had already obtained an exemption to introduce VAR in the Confederations Cup and the Club World Cup, before the official green light from IFAB.

In January, IFAB will analyze the extension of VAR to second yellow cards — a proposal that enjoys considerable support — while the review of corners remains controversial. According to The Times, UEFA strongly opposes this due to fears of too many interruptions. Any innovations would come into effect from June 1, in time for the 2026 World Cup.

🔜 Other rules on the table, but not for the immediate future

It’s not just this package: other ideas could be examined in the coming months. Among these is the possibility of stopping play after a penalty save, thus eliminating rebounds and area invasions, although at the moment the proposal is not gaining much support.

IFAB is also studying a new offside criterion, with offside only when a part of the torso is beyond the last defender. However, thorough testing and at least a couple of years of experimentation will be needed, especially after the “daylight rule” ended up favoring attackers too much.

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