Arsenal scored in nine minutes of extra time to force a 1-1 draw with Manchester City in the Community Shield, and then won the match by exchanging 12-yard shots. The Arsenal won the Cup in dramatic fashion thanks to the new extra time regulations introduced by the FIFA at the end of last year's World Cup, which increase the effective time of matches and discourage delaying behaviors such as player fraud and injuries. However, Manchester City's leader, Diego Cordero, was not happy with the new regulations and criticized that every match may have to be played until 8am on the second day.
Last year's World Cup already saw extremely long extra time, with an average of 10 minutes per game, almost 4 minutes more than the 2018 World Cup, and this season's domestic matches in England will also follow the new extra time guidelines, Manchester City has become a victim of the new rules, and of course, Gordiona is not happy about it, he said: "The new rules are annoying, but you need to get used to it, I am against the extra time of 8 or 9 minutes, not because of the opposing team forcing a draw, but because it's without any incident! It's not because we've been forced to draw, it's because we haven't had an incident, so it's not reasonable that we have to play so much extra time. FIFA's new extra time guidelines were implemented without consulting the teams and players, and each game has become 100 minutes long, so just imagine if we celebrate after a goal is scored and we have to play extra time again, and if the score is 4-3, then we have to play extra time until 8:00 a.m.".
