“IFAB has received support from the entire football community so that this item with five substitutions is included in the rules of the game on an ongoing basis,” TASS reports with reference to the IFAB press service.
In May 2020, in European championships and international tournaments, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was decided to allow five substitutions during the match instead of the usual three.
Earlier, former referee Yuri Baskakov explained why FIFA and UEFA would not agree to shorten the time to half an hour of pure time, as in the second division of the Dutch championship, starting from the 2023/24 season.