Khaberni - Media reports stated that Pierluigi Collina, the head of the referees' committee at FIFA, has opened a discussion on a possible amendment to the way penalty kicks are executed during the original time of matches, a proposal that could change one of football's most sensitive and impactful rules.
The account The Footy Section on X reported statements by the renowned Italian referee, where Collina explained that penalty kicks clearly tend to favor the shooters, noting that their success rate averages 75 percent, which reflects, in his opinion, a large gap in the fairness between the executing player and the goalkeeper.
He added that the possibility of following the ball after the goalkeeper's save or its rebound from the post increases this imbalance, giving the shooter an additional opportunity that is not available to the goalkeeper.
Collina suggested implementing a "one-shot" rule during the original time, similar to what happens in penalty shootouts after the end of regular and extra time, where no follow-up of the ball under any circumstances is allowed.
According to this proposal, either the penalty kick is directly scored as a goal, or the game resumes with a goal kick if the execution fails.
The head of the referees' committee believes that this potential amendment would not only impact competitive fairness but would also help to end the chaotic scenes that precede the execution of penalty kicks, where players crowd around the edge of the penalty area in anticipation of the rebound. Collina compared this scene to lined horses at the start line before a race, referring to the tension and exaggeration in exploiting the moment.
