Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina calls for huge penalty kick rule change

Pierluigi Collina, 1 of the archetypal personage referees, believes attackers person excessively overmuch of an vantage erstwhile it comes to punishment kicks and is present campaigning for change

Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina believes punishment takers should beryllium banned from scoring a rebound with the Italian keen for football’s Lawmakers to marque a alteration to however spot kicks work.

Collina, 1 of the astir recognisable officials successful the game’s history, reckons goalkeepers indispensable footwear up a bigger fuss astir the existent rules due to the fact that they are truthful swayed successful favour of the attacking team.

“I judge determination is an excessive spread betwixt the opportunities disposable to the attacker and those of the goalkeeper,” Collina told Repubblica. “On average, 75% 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. 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.”

Collina, 64, refereed the 2002 World Cup last on with a big of large European ties. In 2004 Hull University gave him an honorary doctorate "for his publication to the world of sport."

His fame deed specified heights successful the aboriginal 21st period that machine crippled manufacturers Konami made him the screen prima of some Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and 4.

He has besides served arsenic president of FIFA's referee committee.

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