FIFA Referees Committee Chief defends FIFA push for more added time in games

FIFA Referees Committee chairman Pierluigi Collina said on Thursday that stoppage time at the end of matches must be accurately reflected across all contests, even in one-sided games such as last weekend's 7-0 victory for Liverpool over Manchester United in the English Premier League.

"I can understand that showing quite a relevant amount of time, or additional time, when it is 7-0 (to one team), is difficult to understand in the specific match. But, I repeat, if the regulation of the competition says that the goal difference, the entire goal difference, is relevant for the ranking at the end, even one goal scored or not scored, can make the difference." Collina said.

The idea of a realistic injury time which was first tried at the FIFA World Cup last year with games regularly going over 100 minutes was to stop teams from wasting time over injuries and goal kicks.

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