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

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#4 No attacking players in the wall

Of late, attacking teams have progressively deployed their own players in free-kick walls formed by the defending team. This ingenious trick provides as a camouflage that'll eventually bewilder the defenders, while some other player could effortlessly sneak-in and will eke out a goal-scoring opportunity.

However, from the next season on, attacking players will not be expected to stand in the wall. The wall should be constructed of players from the defending team only. In addition, it has also been determined that the attacking players will have to stand at least one metre away from the wall, whilst the free-kick is being taken.

The IFAB, in minor addition with these laws, also stated that there won't be rebounds on penalties. But that preposterous notion was possibly abandoned from a previous meeting in November.

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Edited by Kingshuk Kusari