🚨 Official: Wenger law offside to be trialled in Canada | OneFootball

The offside revolution is underway.

On Tuesday morning, FIFA said that the Canadian Premier League would test a new offside rule called the "Wenger Act."

Led by Arsene Wenger, this reform aims to encourage attacking play and put an end to the millimetric decisions that have been debated since the introduction of VAR. In its statement, FIFA confirms that "the IFAB has approved this trial, which will begin on April 4."

In concrete terms, a player would no longer be penalized for being offside by a few centimeters: there would now need to be a clear gap, the famous “daylight,” between the attacker and the defender for an offside to be called.

If part of the attacker’s body is in line with the defender’s, the offside principle would no longer apply.

This large-scale trial in Canada’s top division is intended to assess the impact of this rule on the game and refereeing. If the results are considered conclusive, FIFA could consider rolling it out on a much wider scale.

It remains to be seen whether this change in the rules will win over football fans.

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