The latest scandal involving the judiciarythe error that occurred on Euro 2012 in the match Ukraine - England, confirmed the need to introduce new changes to the rules of the game of football. Undisclosed by the Hungarian brigade of judges, a goal to the English team made FIFA President Joseph Blatter admit that it's time to make additions to the rules for determining the goal, perhaps now it will be done using video systems. Thus, soon we should expect new changes in football laws.

It should be recognized that football is itselfConservative sports game, in which the rules are changed, supplemented and improved not so often. Since the inception of this sport, he has changed very little. But this, probably, is one of the secrets of his popularity.

How it all began?

The first rules of the game of football were approved inDecember 1863. Adopted by the Football Association of England, they were far from perfect. They did not say anything about the penalty, no substitutions were allowed, a gate without grids, and the judge was supposed to be out of the field. But the simplicity of the rules and their understandability led to the fact that football gradually conquered the planet.

In 1886 in Britain, IFAB was created -The International Council of the Football Association, which since then is responsible for the rules of the game of football. It is this body at its meetings that decides on making additions or changes to the code of football laws, consisting of 17 items.

How are the new rules adopted?

Whatever the proposed changes are,they are not ratified quickly. Initially, the proposal is considered at meetings of FIFA or confederations that are part of IFAB. Then a decision is taken to test the innovation. For this purpose, tournaments organized under the auspices of the International Football Federation are defined, and terms are specified - not less than six months, and more often a year. And only after the innovation itself will justify one hundred percent, it is approved at the IFAB meeting.

It all takes a very long time, butless, the rules of the game of football are gradually changing. Although some of them have remained intact until today and continue to operate. Let's try to recall the most significant events that have increased the spectacle of the game number 1 in the world.

Main milestones:

1874 - the teams after the break are changing the gate. For roughness players can be removed from the field.

1877 - the duration of the match is fixed - football games can last up to 90 minutes.

1878 - the judges began to use the whistle.

1883 - the introduction of the ball due to the lateral line of steel to be carried out with both hands, not with the foot.

1891 - began to punch a penalty, appeared lateral judges, and the chief referee went on the field.

1903 - goalkeepers are allowed to play hands in the penalty area.

1933 - on the T-shirts athletes appeared numbers.

1969 - substitutions are allowed during the match

1970 - the judges began to use red and yellow cards.

1981 - introduced the rule of removing the player for obscene language.

1987 - the referee must add playing time for all delays in the match, including due to injuries and substitutions.

1991 - the rule of foul of last hope is introduced.

1993 - it is forbidden for goalkeepers to take the ball with their hands after the pass back, made by the foot.

1995 - three substitutions are allowed.

1998 - begin to count goals scored with direct hits from the gate.

What else can you expect?

When performing penalty attacks, the "wall" mustset at a distance of nine meters from the ball, which judges can do very rarely. Players of the defending team in any way try to reduce this distance. One way to combat this is to apply a special spray on the lawn before the "wall" of the line, which disappears after a few minutes. This innovation at the last Cup of America was successfully tested and possibly will soon be included in the set of rules, from which the game of football will become even more spectacular.