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James Cormack

BIZARRE: The new soccer laws ifab are considering bringing in next season | Mind Blowing Facts

UEFA is opposed to IFAB’s rule change proposal focussing on penalties. | IMAGO/NurPhoto

Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said that “football is a simple game complicated by idiots.”

The Scotsman’s candid words continue to ring true years after they were first uttered. Then, Shankly was likely referring to the over-thinkers and faux intellectuals keen to instil complex tactical thought understood by few.

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