Will the half-time of football matches be reduced from 15 to 25 minutes? In any case, this is the request made by CONBEMOL, the South American Football Association.
So far, a football match has consisted of two 45-minute periods interspersed with a 15-minute break. This may soon no longer be the case.
According to the German newspaper Bild, Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, received a letter from Alejandro Dominguez, the president of CONMEBOL, the South American Football Association.
This letter, still according to our German colleagues, asks that the half-time of the final of the Copa Libertadores (the South American Champions League) lasts 25 minutes, instead of the usual 15. The longer half-time should now make it possible to increase the quality of the half-time shows. The new rule should then also apply to the other international finals.
Dominguez’s idea is based on what is already happening in the United States with the Super Bowl, the final of the American football championship. In this particular game, halftime lasts longer than in regular season games and it allows for a great show with celebrities.
To change the rules of football, it is not for FIFA to decide but for the IFAB (International Football Association Board). This body has existed since 1886 and the appearance of the professionalization of football in England. Today it is made up of representatives from FIFA and the four pioneering British football federations, the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish federations.
The Board will discuss this proposal at its next meeting on October 27.
Fifa themselves wanted to extend the half-time break to 20 minutes twelve years ago, but this was later assessed as a commercial step and rejected.
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