FIFA mulls more substitutes, longer interval
FIFA's International Board, world football's rule-making body, is to study proposals to increase substitutes to four should extra time be needed and for the interval to be increased to 20 minutes.
The board, which will announce the proposals in its General Assembly on February 28, said the plan to increase substitutes to four was down to "the increased number of matches" and the "huge efforts players are asked to put in," according to the agenda of the General Assembly published by FIFA.
The idea to increase the half-time break to 20 minutes, drawn up by FIFA itself, was because of the long distance to the changing rooms in some stadiums.
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