One of the runners-up after Liverpool win over Manchester United 7-0 Two games ago in the Premier League it was Andy Mandley’s referee time.

The “host” of the match was accused by FIFA’s Italian head of refereeing, Pierluigi Collina, of taking less time at the end than he should have, perhaps out of respect for Den Haag’s team, who were aware of the opponent’s draw. As he noted, although six of the seven goals were scored in the second half, Mandeli showed only three minutes of stoppage time, which could affect the goal difference in the final table of the English league.

It is worth noting here that the Premier League has not officially adopted the model implemented at the recent World Cup in Qatar regarding extra time in matches, although on the same matchday as the derby, four out of ten matches touched 100 minutes. Also at the recent IFAB AGM, it was essentially decided that the “Qatari model” should apply to championships as well, as it left a positive impression regarding extra time being kept in World Cup matches while the proposal didn’t “pass”. At certain points in the game, stop the timing, as is done in basketball.

Last week on a teleconference about what happened at Anfield, Colina floated the idea of ​​a “mercy rule” in US amateur baseball that allows referees to speed up the end of a game if the score difference is such that it leads one team to draw. “Maybe in the future we will consider not giving extra time at the end of the match if the difference between the two teams is more than X goals, but that should be in the rules of the game. But until that happens – if it does – every match should be treated equally for fair reasons, regardless of the score difference. For example, in the Spain-Costa Rica match at the World Cup, Spain took the lead 6-0 and were given eight minutes of extra time, where the Spaniards scored another goal, which, if it had not been scored, could have had a different effect on the final result of the group and advancement to the next stage of the competition.