{"id":531317,"date":"2026-07-08T13:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531317\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:57:18","slug":"is-world-cup-signalling-end-of-corner-kick-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531317\/","title":{"rendered":"Is World Cup signalling end of corner kick chaos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February, after a particularly fractious game against Manchester United<\/a>, Everton<\/a> boss David Moyes said “referees really don’t want to get involved in any of it”.<\/p>\n

It is a two-way street, of course. Managers and players have their own responsibility for the way they behave and the tactics they use.<\/p>\n

So what can the Premier League do about it? It has promised an “enhanced recognition of clear holding actions”.<\/p>\n

But has the World Cup created unrealistic expectations?<\/p>\n

BBC Sport understands Premier League referees will not take the same hard-line approach. <\/p>\n

The Germany and Spain goals would still not be disallowed were they scored in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Physicality is important to the English game, but there is still a feeling among officials that what happened last season cannot continue.<\/p>\n

“There is a line in between where they can manage it a little bit better,” former Chelsea<\/a> defender Cesar Azpilicueta told BBC One. <\/p>\n

“In England especially, you have more contact – you are used to it. There is something in between where everybody can feel a bit happier.”<\/p>\n

Fans are always sceptical about any new initiative at the start of a season, with many thinking it will last a few weeks before drifting away.<\/p>\n

Collina believes the only way to get results is to be strict – to lay out the situation to coaches and be ready to enforce the rules when necessary. <\/p>\n

But with only one VAR penalty awarded for holding – given by the Premier League’s Jarred Gillett when Croatia faced Portugal – has this really been tested? <\/p>\n

Are coaches at the World Cup reacting to Collina’s warnings and toning down their tactics. Or are they simply not giving corners quite the same focus as club managers?<\/p>\n

Premier League referees cannot weigh in with a raft of penalties in the first few weeks of the season as that would be unsustainable.<\/p>\n

The counter argument is it would change behaviour – but it is unlikely the media narrative would work in the referees’ favour.<\/p>\n

Collina’s approach is perhaps OK over a 104-game tournament in which most teams will only play about four matches. <\/p>\n

It’s a very different proposition for a full domestic campaign.<\/p>\n

Coaches will always be looking for the marginal gain – ways to push the boundaries to score a crucial goal. And tweaking their routines week to week.<\/p>\n

Premier League referees need to find a way to find a reset while respecting the physical nature of the game.<\/p>\n

It is not easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In February, after a particularly fractious game against Manchester United, Everton boss David Moyes said “referees really don’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-531317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}