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The upcoming Club World Cup (June 14-July 13 in the United States) will be the laboratory for a new test in global refereeing: referees will be equipped with body cameras, as well as implementing a new rule to combat time-wasting by goalkeepers, FIFA announced on Tuesday.
Referees will wear "body cameras as part of an experimental phase, the tests have been approved by the IFAB - the body within FIFA that defines and develops the Laws of the Game," the International Football Federation explained in a statement.
The chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, Italian Pierluigi Collina, explained this choice: " We believe that this is a good opportunity to offer viewers a new experience, thanks to images taken from a perspective that has never been offered before ."
While he argues that it provides a better perspective for viewers, the move would also help to better understand the judges' decisions, "because it's important to be able to put yourself in the judge's shoes during the debriefing, so you can assess how the judge made his decisions, his perspective, etc."
In addition, the men in black will implement during the competition the new rule approved on March 1 by the IFAB, which aims to reduce time losses caused by goalkeepers.
If they hold the ball in their hands for more than eight seconds, the referee will blow the whistle for a corner kick. Previously, an indirect free kick could be awarded after six seconds.
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