Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup Semi Final - Manchester City v Chelsea - Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - April 14, 2019 Chelsea manager Emma Hayes Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - Goalkeepers at the women's World Cup have been treated like "guinea pigs" with new rules on penalty kicks and its strict implementation thanks to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Chelsea Women manager Emma Hayes said.
New rules brought in from June 1 by soccer's law-making body IFAB mean that goalkeepers must have one foot at least partly on the line when a penalty is taken and can neither stand behind nor in front of it.
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