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  • What happens when a team is reduced to 7 players?

    From Mark@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 28 20:10:47 2024
    Where's the rules of the game on FIFA's web-site? I can't find them now.

    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8
    players, the match gets abandoned or something. Well what happens then?
    Does the result stand? Does the team that's left with less than 8
    players just forfeit the game? There's got to be scenarios where either
    of those outcomes aren't fair.

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  • From HASM@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 29 07:28:24 2024
    Where's the rules of the game on FIFA's web-site? I can't find them now.

    On the IFAB site usually: https://www.theifab.com

    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8

    Less than 7.

    the match gets abandoned or something. Well what happens then?

    Not sure this covered in the laws. It is either a win for the other
    team or up to the specific rules of the competition the game is being
    played under.

    -- HASM

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to HASM on Mon Sep 30 14:06:05 2024
    HASM wrote:


    Where's the rules of the game on FIFA's web-site? I can't find them
    now.

    On the IFAB site usually: https://www.theifab.com

    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8

    Less than 7.

    the match gets abandoned or something. Well what happens then?

    Not sure this covered in the laws. It is either a win for the other
    team or up to the specific rules of the competition the game is being
    played under.

    -- HASM

    Why do they have that rule anyway? Why not just let the team with less
    than 7 players play on and try to win? After all, a lot of fans that
    have paid lots of money to watch the match, are going to be unhappy
    about the match ending early.

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  • From MH@21:1/5 to Mark on Mon Sep 30 12:13:15 2024
    On 2024-09-30 08:06, Mark wrote:
    HASM wrote:


    Where's the rules of the game on FIFA's web-site? I can't find them
    now.

    On the IFAB site usually: https://www.theifab.com

    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8

    Less than 7.

    the match gets abandoned or something. Well what happens then?

    Not sure this covered in the laws. It is either a win for the other
    team or up to the specific rules of the competition the game is being
    played under.

    -- HASM

    Why do they have that rule anyway? Why not just let the team with less
    than 7 players play on and try to win? After all, a lot of fans that
    have paid lots of money to watch the match, are going to be unhappy
    about the match ending early.

    In these days of five subs, I don't think it likely that a team is going
    to go down to 6 men because of injuries.

    Sendings off is another issues, though, and I suppose part of the reason
    for the rule in the old days was to prevent violent play that would
    injure players who could not be replaced.

    One thing I never got was why a player (especially eg. a GK) could not
    be subbed back in, in the event of a serious injury to his replacement.
    This is allowed in rugby, for instance. Always assuming the maximum
    number of subs has not been used up yet.

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  • From Futbolmetrix@21:1/5 to HASM on Mon Sep 30 20:07:09 2024
    On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:28:24 +0000, HASM wrote:


    Where's the rules of the game on FIFA's web-site? I can't find them now.

    On the IFAB site usually: https://www.theifab.com

    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8

    Less than 7.


    We discussed this not too long ago:

    https://www.novabbs.com/sport/article-flat.php?id=18253&group=rec.sport.soccer#18253

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  • From anders t@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 1 07:26:07 2024
    Quoting MH in rec.sport.soccer:

    One thing I never got was why a player (especially eg. a GK) could not
    be subbed back in, in the event of a serious injury to his replacement.
    This is allowed in rugby, for instance. Always assuming the maximum
    number of subs has not been used up yet.

    Agreed! That should be allowed. Everyone on the bench should be eligable -
    even players who already were subbed out.


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  • From HASM@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 1 15:05:36 2024
    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8
    Less than 7.
    Why do they have that rule anyway?

    For the same reasons they have all other rules.

    Why not just let the team with less than 7 players play on and try to win?

    Not sure if anyone here has ever refereed a competitive game where the
    score reaches a large goal difference, which is very likely to happen in
    a 11 players vs 7 players match.

    At that point a couple of things can happen, the losing team gets pretty
    upset and starts being overly physical (had to abandon a U13 game
    because of this), or the winning team starts passing the ball around,
    doesn't try to score any more goals, and, you guessed it, the losing
    team gets pretty upset, rinse repeat.

    Better stop the game, believe me.

    -- HASM

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to HASM on Wed Oct 2 17:27:24 2024
    HASM wrote:


    I seem to remember reading that if a team's reduced to less than 8
    Less than 7.
    Why do they have that rule anyway?

    For the same reasons they have all other rules.

    Why not just let the team with less than 7 players play on and try
    to win?

    Not sure if anyone here has ever refereed a competitive game where the
    score reaches a large goal difference, which is very likely to happen
    in a 11 players vs 7 players match.

    At that point a couple of things can happen, the losing team gets
    pretty upset and starts being overly physical (had to abandon a U13
    game because of this), or the winning team starts passing the ball
    around, doesn't try to score any more goals, and, you guessed it, the
    losing team gets pretty upset, rinse repeat.

    Better stop the game, believe me.

    -- HASM

    What if a team's reduced to 6 players when they're 3-1 up with only 5
    minutes left though?

    Would giving the 6 player team the choice of whether to continue or not
    be practical? They could choose whether to resign, like you can in
    chess.

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