{"id":62285,"date":"2026-06-01T13:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62285"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:17:25","slug":"fifa-new-substitution-rule-debuts-in-japan-iceland-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62285","title":{"rendered":"FIFA&#8217;s 10-Second Substitution Rule Debuts in Japan-Iceland Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a notable first, a new FIFA rule aimed at reducing time-wasting and increasing actual playing time was implemented during the friendly match between Japan and Iceland.<\/p>\n<h2>FIFA new substitution rule implemented<\/h2>\n<p>The Icelandic team found themselves in an unusual situation when player Kristjan Hlynsson was slow to leave the field during a substitution, exceeding the stipulated 10-second deadline. This infraction led to his substitute being prevented from entering the game, temporarily forcing the Icelandic squad to play with one fewer player.<\/p>\n<p>Japan swiftly capitalized on the numerical advantage. Koki Ogawa scored the match&#39;s sole goal just one minute after the incident, securing a morale-boosting victory for his team as part of their World Cup preparations.<\/p>\n<p>This application of the new substitution rule is part of a series of amendments designed to curb time-wasting tactics and enhance the dynamism of international football matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> FIFA rule, football substitution, Japan vs Iceland, time-wasting, football news, Algeria<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how a new FIFA 10-second substitution rule impacted a friendly match between Japan and Iceland, leading to a goal and highlighting efforts to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}