The International Football Association Board (IFAB), has decided that the Accidental handball rule that allows unintended ball to hand contacts to present a goal-scoring chance or a goal for a team-mate, be discontinued.
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According to IFAB on Friday 5th of March 2021, the decision to put a stop to the application of the law was made becuase the “interpretation of handball incidents” was not being applied consistently. IFAB also stated that is was looking at a possible adjustment of the offside law.
Ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, suggested that a player should be considered onside if any part of their body that is allowed by football rules to score a goal is at the same level with the second-last defender.
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Meanwhile, Fifa is expected to continue it’s tests on a semi-automated technology for detecting offsides, which would send a signal to the assistant match referee almost instantly, once a player is detected to be offside.
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