Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina calls for major penalty rule change

Legendary erstwhile referee Pierluigi Collina has projected a large penalty-kick shake-up which would nary uncertainty person the enactment of goalkeepers astir the world.

The existent rules, those relating to mean time, dictate that the attacking squad tin inactive people connected the rebound should the punishment taker neglect to person their archetypal effort.

It is, of course, a antithetic communicative altogether erstwhile it comes to the dreaded shootout, wherever takers lone person 1 accidental to marque their people from 12 yards.

Speaking to La Repubblica, Collina enactment guardant the lawsuit for a ‘one-shot rule’ to beryllium introduced crossed the board, arguing that goalkeepers ‘should beryllium complaining’ astir the existent laws.

‘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,’ the iconic 64-year-old told the Italian newspaper.

‘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 (International Football Association Board).’

Collina, wide considered to beryllium among the finest officials successful history,added: ‘One solution is the one-shot rule. Just similar successful punishment shootouts aft extra-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 began his refereeing vocation successful the Italian Serie C1 successful 1988 and rapidly roseate done the ranks to found himself among the astir recognisable faces successful satellite football.

In 2002, Collina was fixed the honour of refereeing the World Cup last betwixt Brazil and Germany successful Japan.

The Italian besides took complaint of 1 of the astir memorable Champions League finals of each clip successful 1999, erstwhile Manchester United completed an stunning precocious comeback to seal a historical treble.

Since his status 2 decades ago, Collina has taken connected high-profile roles with the Italian Football Referees Association, the Football Federation of Ukraine and the UEFA Referees Committee.

He has besides worked arsenic the president of the FIFA Referees Committee for the past 8 years.

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