In football, the rule regarding the offside may change. According to the publication 'Glavkom', former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has proposed a new formula. According to this change, if any part of the body that can score a goal is on the line of the last defender or behind it, the player is not considered offside. This proposal is set to be reviewed by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in November and may be approved on March 1.
As former Spanish referee and officiating expert Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez explained, Wenger's amendment will be analyzed in November and has a good chance of being approved by IFAB.
If the change is accepted, it will come into effect in 2026 and could be enacted at the World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
In the qualifying match against Azerbaijan, the Ukrainian national team won with a score of 5:3. The players scored five goals, securing an important victory.
Goals: Ellertsson, 35, Gudmundsson, 59, 75 - Malinovsky, 14, 45+5, Hutsulyak, 45, Kalyuzhny, 85, Ocheretko, 89
In the next match, the Ukrainian national team will play against France, whom they previously lost to with a score of 0:2. Fans showed their support for the team by unfurling a banner that read 'Fortress of Europe'.
Changes in the offside rules could help make football matches more exciting and advance the sports field. The Ukrainian national team's victory in the World Cup qualifying raised the spirits of fans and made the team even more confident in their abilities ahead of upcoming challenges.