The Premier League will be experimenting with the changes for concussion.
-
LAURENCE GRIFFITHS / POOL / AFP
The Premier League was one of the few European leagues not to follow the post-Covid-19 pandemic movement by ratifying for the 2020-2021 season a change from three to five changes per game.
Conversely, he should be the first to authorize up to two additional replacements in case of suspected concussion.
Indeed, according to the
Times
, the Premier League is on the verge of taking the leap after years of reflection on the subject.
A meeting must still be held on Wednesday to validate this, while for its part the English Fed also to introduce this new rule during the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Three minutes to decide
It is ultimately everyone in football who will carefully scrutinize the benefits (or not) of this experience, a first assessment is scheduled for next March on the occasion of the annual general meeting of the Board (Ifab), in charge rules of the game.
In the event of a violent shock to the head, the stunned player will no longer have the fate of his match in his hands since only the club's doctors, who will have three minutes to judge his ability to return to the pitch or no, may decide to let it go again or to replace it.
If the phenomenon of concussions is obviously less widespread in football than in rugby, some have been calling for a revolution on the subject for years.
Sport
Cycling: Finally a protocol for concussions in the bicycle after the Bardet case
Sport
Concussions: Suffering from dementia precocious, former England pillar Steve Thompson "does not remember" winning the World Cup in 2003
Sport
Soccer
Premier League