Football teams will be allowed to use five substitutes when play resumes after the coronavirus pandemic, the sport’s law-making body announced on Friday.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB), who look after the rules of football, said in a statement that it had agreed to a proposal by world governing body FIFA for a temporary change “to protect player welfare.”
This amendment comes into “immediate effect” and applies until the end of the year. IFAB and FIFA said they will “determine at a later date” whether the change will be extended.