Following the earlier proposal to change the World Cup from a quadrennial to a biennial tournament, the international
soccer league
（FIFA has recently come up with a new idea, reportedly planning to extend the legal time for matches from 90 minutes to 100 minutes, which may be implemented for the first time in the Qatar World Cup in November this year; however, FIFA has just denied the rumor publicly, which means that the matches will be maintained as normal afterwards.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the international
soccer league
Chairman Enfantino is considering to extend the match time to 100 minutes or even longer, and other new measures are said to include giving more power to the referee to increase the extra time. As a matter of fact, the actual playing time of various matches has been decreasing in recent years. According to the statistics, the average playing time of the UEFA Europa League is 64.7%, and the average playing time of the UEFA Europa League is 64.7%.
England Premier Soccer League
The rate of the Championship is even lower at 57.2%, no wonder FIFA wants to carry out the reform this time.
However, FIFA made a clarification on social media sites on Thursday (7) that the length of the legal time for matches will not be changed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, or any other soccer tournament, as FIFA would like to clarify in light of the reports and rumors that have been circulating in recent days.
