Qatar-Ecuador ended at 100 feet. England-Iran it didn’t last long 117 feet 16 inches. Hours in Senegal-Netherlands He wrote 102:49 while USA-Wales in turn touched him 104:34.

If it wasn’t already clear the delay time in the World Cup this year is long. Sometimes very long, as in some matches so far it has exceeded 10 minutes, and sometimes almost touched the quarter.

Surely many were dumbfounded by this, and others were quick to do the right thing on Twitter.

USA – WAL: 104:34 pic.twitter.com/f9p8DIQPfg

— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) November 21, 2022

They were not mistaken: according to Opta, the 5 longest halves in World Cup history were recorded on Monday and Tuesday.

We say so: First half England-Iran: 13’59”. Second half Argentina-Saudi Arabia: 13’53”. Second half England-Iran: 13’05”. Second half USA-Wales: 10’32”. Second half Senegal-Netherlands: 10’03”.

However, the answer to the question of why the matches of the World Cup this year are so long delayed has already been given by the president of the FIFA referees. Pierluigi Collina.

So, as Colina confirmed last week, the fourth judges have received clear instructions. carefully record the time lost during the game this is due to VAR, possible injuries, penalties, red cards and other game procedures that he has already tried to implement since the World Cup. in Russia in 2018.

“In Russia, we tried to more accurately compensate for the lost time during the games, and because of this you saw six, seven or even eight minutes of delay,” Kolina explained.

“Think about it,” he says. “If you score three goals in half, probably four or five minutes will be lost to the celebration.”

So get ready for long delays in the following matches of Qatar and do not leave the game ahead of time: after all, Medi Taremi scored for Iran at 102:30 in the England-Iran match.

According to the BBC.