2023 Women's World Cup - General Discussion & Non-USA teams thread
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I have a question about the Columbia-Germany match. Is injury time handled different when it happens during the extra stoppage time?
After the go ahead goal by Columbia, a Colombian player went down for several minutes and had to be carted off on a stretcher. However, the final whistle happened less than a minute after the player was taken off the field. Did the ref realize that she should have blown the whistle before the injury? There was 6 minutes of time added, and the Colombian goal came at 97, and I think the Colombian player went down at 99.
After the go ahead goal by Columbia, a Colombian player went down for several minutes and had to be carted off on a stretcher. However, the final whistle happened less than a minute after the player was taken off the field. Did the ref realize that she should have blown the whistle before the injury? There was 6 minutes of time added, and the Colombian goal came at 97, and I think the Colombian player went down at 99.
No, it's not handled differently.
The time indicated by the 4th official at the end of each half is only given in minutes. So if the center ref communicates to the ref team that they are adding 4:50 in added time, it would appear as "4" from the 4th official.
Any injuries, delays, etc. that would be added time during the regular part of the match, which occur during stoppage time, are also added. So in the above example, even if "4" was shown, if one or more injury took place during the stoppage time, the 4 added minutes could grow to 10-12 minutes (or more).
Also, a ref won't blow the whistle when a team is on an offensive attack in the other team's half of the field. So even if the 4:50 in added time was met, if one of the teams was on an attack when it was met, the game would continue until the other team gained possession (which doesn't mean a simple touch of the ball).
Then this is what I don’t understand. It took at least three or four minutes to get the Columbian player on to the stretcher and carried off, but the final whistle came about a minute after play resumed, no where near the amount of time that play was stopped.
Don’t get me wrong, Columbia outplayed Germany, I was just confused at the end when there was seemingly no time added for the injury.
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I'd have to go back and watch the stoppage time to give a better explanation. I will note that how much time things are delayed in stoppage time isn't the determining factor. It's how much time was left in stoppage time when the delay took place. If only a minute was left in stoppage time, and then 5 minutes were taken to deal with an injury, VAR, penalty, substitution, etc., then play would only take @ 1 min when it was restarted, not 6 minutes.
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