European leagues following Ifab directive this seasonUefa to follow its own guidelines for Champions League
The Uefa chief of football, Zvonimir Boban, has promised that this season’s Champions League games will not be burdened with inflated amounts of added time, describing the extra load on players as a “tragedy”.
Additional time played at the end of each half has swelled significantly in some domestic leagues so far in 2023-24, with the Premier League among those to adopt an International Football Association Board (Ifab) directive aimed at cutting out time-wasting. It has led to match durations of well over 100 minutes becoming standard and has drawn criticism from players, Kevin De Bruyne among those to warn they are essentially being asked to play extra games.
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