News in Colombian football! This Thursday, June 26, Carlos Mario Zuluaga, president of Dimayor, offered a press conference in which he informed the public about the new changes that will be implemented in the local rentedfrom the second half of the year.
In total there were six measures approved at the Dimayor Assembly, which are looking for “Improve the effective game time and football show”. Also, it will be attempted Respect as much as the calendar can and with it the postponed duels.
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According to César Augusto Londoño, journalist from Caracol Radio, The first novelty for the second semester of the year is to avoid the deliberate loss of archers And that is why it was decided to implement the rule endorsed by Conmebol and the IFAB, last April first:
- If the goalkeeper retains the ball for more than eight seconds, he will receive a yellow card and punish corner kick.
Regarding arbitration issues, two measures were promoted with the objective of Make the referee respect and avoid the simulations of the players:
- Only the captain can address the referee during the development of a party
- The players who simulate fouls will be sanctioned
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On the other hand, President Zuluaga announced that the idea is Make a calendar that suffers the least amount of changes and thus eradicate the postponed parties:
- The calendars will be made previously with algorithms of a hired company.
- There will be no postponements of parties. The only exception will be by force majeure defined by Dimayor.
Finally, the number of substitutes for each team was increased going from seven to nine, although the two additional must be players in the Sub-20 category.
President Carlos Mario Zuluaga also revealed that next week, more exactly on Tuesday, July 1, there will be a new meeting with the Arbitration Commission and the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) to analyze new measures that prevent the deliberate loss of time in the parties.
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In this sense, the following will be planted:
- In the event that a player late later than ten seconds to leave the court during a change, his replacement will last a minute without being able to enter.
- In the event that a player receives medical care and later than 15 seconds to leave the field, he will have to be a minute and a half outside to re -enter.
Finally, and Thinking about the 2026 season of Colombian football, Zuluaga said that a meeting will be held in the month of September To treat:
- Apply the Financial Fair Play standard
- The League and the Ascent Tournament are 18 teams
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