IFAB Rule changes: Is Football really going to change with these new rules?

#2 Quicker Substitutions

Manchester City v Arsenal FC - Premier League

The summer of 2019 will not witness things like necessary delay in substitutions - also one of the most popular time-wasting tactics. So conferring on to the new amendments made, a substituted player can instantly leave from the pitch off the nearest point/boundary, thus reducing the time taken in each substitution. The players no longer have to walk leisurely till the technical area and can promptly leave the pitch at the halfway line.

The typical practice among all the teams is to substitute players in the very dying minutes of the game. One of the most frustrating sights is that, a team, which desperately tries to score a late equalizer is the one which suffers from this time-wasting tactic. The manager frequently selects the farthest player from the technical area, and this result in a long, slow walk down the pitch and even the top gaffers promptly pull up this trick!