‘Goalkeepers should be complaining’ – Fifa referees chief Pierluigi Collina calls for major penalty rule change

PIERLUIGI COLLINA has projected a a large regularisation alteration to punishment kicks.

The Italian is presently the president of the Fifa Referees Committee.

The legendary referee hung up his whistle backmost successful 2005 but is inactive good respected successful football.

He believes that goalkeepers should beryllium complaining astir the existent punishment rules.

He has insisted the attackers should not beryllium allowed to rebound the shot if the archetypal changeable is saved.

This means that if the archetypal effort is saved, the shot is past dormant and past leads to a extremity kick.

Collina, 64, told Repubblica: "I judge determination is an excessive spread betwixt the opportunities disposable to the attacker and those of the goalkeeper.

"On average, 75 per cent of penalties are already scored, and often, the punishment footwear is simply a bigger accidental than the 1 taken distant by the foul.

"On apical of that, the attacker is besides fixed a accidental to play the rebound disconnected the goalkeeper. In my opinion, goalkeepers should beryllium complaining.

"I’ve already mentioned this successful discussions we’ve had astatine IFAB.

CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS

"One solution is the ‘one shot’ rule. Just similar successful punishment shootouts aft other time.

"No rebound. Either you people oregon play resumes with a extremity kick, period.

"This would besides destruct the spectacle we spot earlier a punishment is taken, with everyone crowding astir the area.

"It looks similar horses astatine the starting gates earlier the Palio di Siena."

He has besides suggested that the instauration of offside technology is simply a payment to the game.

He added: "At 40 metres from the goal, possibly 2 centimetres are not decisive, but successful the punishment country they go so."