Explained: Why is there so much added time at the World Cup? Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina explains

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Explained: Why is there so much added time at the World Cup? Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina explains

The World Cup has officially kicked off and fans have noticed one common aspect across all games so far.

There's plenty of added time in each game, with England's 6-2 thriller with Iran having almost half an hour of extra time.

Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire were all impressive but, unfortunately, the Manchester United captain had to come off after feeling sick.

Explaining the reason behind that, former referee and chairman of the FIFA referees committee Pierluigi Collina told reporters: "What we already did in Russia [2018] was to more accurately calculate the time to be compensated.

"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."

Collina added: "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."

AuthorMeghna @ 1819SourceEurosport
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