Top manager wants basketball-style rule change in football 🏆 | OneFootball

Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini made a bold suggestion to add more dynamism to football during the press conference after Betis 2 x 0 Lyon, in the Europa League, this Thursday.

When asked about a possible change to the offside rule, he said he disagreed with the change and suggested an even more drastic innovation:

"A rule that would improve football would be that the ball cannot return to the defensive half after crossing the midfield. It would be a more dynamic game and closer to the opponent's goal," declared the current Betis coach and champion with Manchester City, Villarreal, and River Plate.

A similar rule exists in basketball. After advancing to the attacking court, the team loses possession to the opponent if they return to the defense.

The change to the offside rule, which was the subject of the question, suggests that the attacking player would only be offside when their entire body is ahead of the second-to-last defender. Not with any part of the body, as in the current rule.

For Pellegrini, this change to the offside rule would bring little change to the game and would not avoid controversial decisions defined by centimeters on either side.

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