The nine games on the opening day of the 2023/24 edition of the First Football League totaled 130 minutes of compensation, an average of 14.4 minutes per game, given the intention of the International Board (IFAB) to increase the useful time of game .
According to the information presented on the official website of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) on the Internet, Rio Ave’s victory at the reception against Desportivo de Chaves (2-0), on Sunday, set the record for ‘discounts’ around, with a duration of 109 minutes.
The referee Ricardo Baixinho, of the Lisbon association, granted 19 extra minutes to the 90 regulations, seven in the first half, in which the Flavian Habib Sylla was sent off for a double yellow card, and 12 in the second, when Vila-Condenses He scored two goals, the second of which was validated after resorting to video arbitration (VAR), at 90+7.
The durability podium of this day was occupied by the home wins of Arouca and Boavista against Estoril Praia (4-3) and the national champion Benfica (3-2), respectively, both with 18 minutes of compensation, in an overall duration of 108 .
These two clashes had setbacks in the final stretch, starting on Sunday, with Pedro Santos scoring at minute 90+5 to give three points awarded to the Serra da Freita team, which had already ‘cancelled’ three ‘Canary Islands’ advantages and was playing reduced to 10 points at minute 37, after Eboué Kouassi was sent off with a red card.
The following day, a goal by Róbert Bozeník at 90+13 allowed the Bessa club to ‘spoil’ the start of the defense of the ‘incarnated’ title, after the penalty converted at 90 by Bruno Lourenço, which made it 2-2 . but he would be expelled, in 90 + 9.
If in Arouca the record for ‘discounts’ was broken in the early parts of the first round, with eight minutes -out of a total of 38, at an average of 4.2-, Bessa had the highest mark of complementary times, with 16 – against a cumulative 92, an average of 10.2.
This approach, the most discreet examples of which were the Gil Vicente-Portimonense (5-0) and Moreirense-FC Porto (1-2) matches, both concluded after 100 minutes (10 plus the regiment’s 90), serves to distance I League pattern from previous editions of the test.
As a rule, the referees used to add one to two minutes at the end of the initial stage, plus three to five at the end of the game, a scenario that had already inflated since the inclusion of VAR, in 2017/18, and the rise from three to five substitutions in 2019/20.
The annual update of the Laws of the Game by the IFAB, the governing body for soccer rules, came into force in July and establishes that the time dedicated to the celebration of goals must be recovered at the end of each half, as was already the case. . with cards, changes, consultations with the VAR and stops for medical or other assistance.
The extension of the additional time assigned by the refereeing teams began to normalize in the 2022 World Cup and had an impact on various club competitions, contributing to generating uncertainty in the result, as witnessed by the opening of the I Liga.
While Gil Vicente and Rio Ave increased their lead with goals from minute 90 on, without changing the outcome of their respective matches, Famalicão, who won in Braga with a comeback (2-1), Sporting, with a tangential victory On Vizela (3-2), Arouca and Boavista needed that moment to seal the conquest of the three points.
Source: TSF
