Soccer-UEFA will not follow 'absurd' added time rules, says official


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Congress - Lisbon Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal - April 5, 2023 President of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin arrives for UEFA Congress REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

(Reuters) -The new stoppage-time rules that English soccer has introduced this season to avoid time wasting are absurd and will not be used in UEFA competition, Zvonimir Boban, the European governing body's chief of football, said on Wednesday.

Following FIFA's approach at the men's and women's World Cups, England's referees body said in July that officials would add on the exact time lost to goal celebrations, substitutions and injuries.

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