🚨 Captains Only: Direct Communication with Referees Now Enforced
📢 Football lovers, get ready — a major change is coming to the way players interact with referees this season! These new rules are designed to improve respect, reduce mass protests, and maintain the flow of the game.
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📋 Key Rule Updates for 2025/26 Season
©️ Communication Only Through the Captain
👑 During a match, only the team captain may approach the referee to ask a question or request clarification.
🔴 No More Mass Protests
🙅 Any other player who approaches the referee to protest, question, or interrupt the conversation will be immediately penalized (yellow card, depending on the severity).
💢 Captain's Responsibility
🗣 Captains must maintain their team’s discipline and relay any inquiries respectfully.
🏁 Fourth Official’s Role
📡 The fourth official can provide brief explanations to coaches or confirm a VAR review when possible.
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👥 Bench & VAR Area Behavior
The behavior of players, staff, and substitutes will now be closely monitored and penalized for:
1️⃣ Repeated protests or clear gestures of dissatisfaction 😡
2️⃣ Entering the VAR review area 🚫
3️⃣ Any unsportsmanlike behavior that disrupts refereeing decisions ⚠️
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🆕 Additional 2025/26 Rule Changes to Know
📏 Time-Wasting Crackdown – Goalkeepers holding the ball too long or players delaying set pieces will face quicker yellow cards.
⏱ Added Time Transparency – Referees will now clearly signal how much time is being added and why, to avoid confusion.
🖐 Handball Clarification – Accidental handball in build-up to a goal will still be penalized, but more emphasis will be on deliberate movement.
🔄 Substitution Limits – Still 5 per game in domestic leagues, but tactical late-game subs to waste time will be watched closely.
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