One of the biggest talking points of the World Cup when it comes to football is a significantly increased amount of added time.
For example, England's game against Iran saw almost half an hour added - 14 minutes at the end of the first half, and 10 minutes at the end of the second.
However, it turns out that Pierluigi Collina, the iconic former referee who is now the chairman of the FIFA referees committee, warned about this last week.
"What we already did in Russia [2018] was to more accurately calculate the time to be compensated," Collina told ESPN.
"We told everybody to don’t be surprised if they see the fourth official raising the electronic board with a big number on it, six, seven or eight minutes.
"If you want more active time, we need to be ready to see this kind of additional time given. Think of a match with three goals scored. A celebration normally takes one, one and a half minutes, so with three goals scored, you lose five or six minutes.
"What we want to do is accurately calculate the added time at the end of each half. It can be the fourth official to do that, we were successful in Russia and we expect the same in Qatar.
"I am not talking about VAR intervention, this is something which is different and calculated by the Video Assistant Referee in a very precise way.
"Even at the time I was a referee, the info [on added time] came from the fourth official, you are too much focused on what’s going on that it’s possible not to consider something. It’s the fourth official who usually proposes the amount of added time and the referee tends to decide…and decides."
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