18-01-2017 23:27 via uk.news.yahoo.com

FIFA's Van Basten keen to experiment without offside

FIFA technical director Marco van Basten would like to see how football works without offside and limit the number of fouls a player can commit during a game. The former Netherlands striker would also like to experiment with sin bins instead of yellow cards and replace the penalty shootout with a system in which a player would have to run at goal from 25 metres. Speaking to German magazine Sport Bild, Van Basten said any experiments would have to be approved by soccer's rule-making body, the Int
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