🚨 Official: FIFA tests a new offside rule | OneFootball

The offside revolution is underway.

On Tuesday morning, FIFA announced that the Canadian Premier League would be testing a new offside rule, dubbed the "Wenger law."

Championed by Arsène Wenger, this reform aims to encourage attacking play and put an end to the razor-thin decisions that have sparked debate since the introduction of VAR. In its statement, FIFA confirmed that "the IFAB has approved this trial, which will begin on April 4."

In practical terms, a player would no longer be penalized for being offside by just a few centimeters: there would now have to be a clear gap — the famous "daylight" — between the attacker and the defender for offside to be called.

As long as any part of the attacker’s body is level with the defender’s, the offside rule would no longer apply.

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

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

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