Stoppage time at the World Cup is out of control, here’s why

Nov 24 2022 by SBNation.com

 
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FIFA officials have altered the way they keep time, similar to what they did at the last World Cup.

If you think there has been an abnormal amount of stoppage time at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, your gut feeling is correct.

FIFA Referee Committee chairman Pierluigi Collina revealed the reason to ESPN for the seemingly exorbitant amount of time that is being added on at the end of the halves:

“When we speak about wasted time in a match, we...

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