Uefa has confirmed it will be adopting rules announced by IFAB earlier this year when the Champions League and Europa League resume this week.
Manchester United face LASK in a Europa League last-16 dead rubber on Wednesday having won the first leg 5-0 in March, while City hold a 2-1 lead over Real Madrid going into the second leg of their Champions League last-16 second-leg tie on Friday.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) announced new rules earlier this year that came into effect on 1 June 2020, the official start of the international 2020/21 football season, and Uefa has confirmed those rules will be implemented during the final stages of this season's competitions.
The rule changes are as follows...
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Law 14 – The penalty kick
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An offence (encroachment) by the goalkeeper is not penalised if a penalty kick misses the goal or rebounds from the goal (without a touch from the goalkeeper) unless the offence clearly affected the kicker.
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The goalkeeper is warned for the first offence; it is a yellow card for any further offence(s).
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The kicker is penalised if the goalkeeper and the kicker offend at exactly the same time.
UEFA’s chief refereeing officer, Roberto Rosetti, said: “When the goalkeeper saves the kick [by encroaching], it’s not a caution for the first offence, but [the keeper] must be cautioned for any further offence.
“Most goalkeeper encroachment results from a mis-anticipation from the goalkeeper and small offences are now detected more with the technology, with the video assistant referee.”
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Law 10 – Determining the Outcome of a Match
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For games that require a penalty shootout, yellow cards will no longer be carried forward into the shootout. This applies to all players but is particularly relevant to goalkeepers, who face more scrutiny during the shootout.
Rosetti said: “According to IFAB and according to the Laws of the Game, the kicks from the penalty mark are not part of the match - it’s just a way to determine the winner of the match. So, [at the moment] if the goalkeeper has a yellow card from the match – from the match or from extra time – and then encroaches in the kicks from the penalty mark, of course, then he must be sent off. This would be more likely to occur now with VAR, and the goalkeeper can be penalised more than other players. We think that this is a good, important change.”
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A Uefa statement adds: "These law changes are separate from the temporary measure of allowing five substitutes to be used in the remaining 2019/20 matches, which has been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
