How #PL matches will be different behind closed doors. A guide to the safety measures in place during the match 👇
🏃♂️ If there's only one tunnel at the stadium, the away team’s players will enter the pitch first, followed by the home team
📏 When they line up for the #PL anthem, players will now stand in a staggered formation
🛑 Handshakes between the two teams will no longer happen
📏 When they line up for the #PL anthem, players will now stand in a staggered formation
🛑 Handshakes between the two teams will no longer happen
📏 Benches will be expanded to enable social-distancing. This includes using seats next to the bench or reallocating seats to provide the required distance
⚠️ Those in the technical area must maintain social-distancing, with zones marked out to guide them
⚠️ Those in the technical area must maintain social-distancing, with zones marked out to guide them
⏱ There are no ball assistants in behind-closed-doors matches, so if a match ball goes into the stands, the referee will decide if it can be retrieved without a noticeable delay
⚽️ If not, the referee will allow players to use spare balls placed around the pitch
⚽️ If not, the referee will allow players to use spare balls placed around the pitch
🤕 If a player needs treatment on the pitch, any club staff performing physiotherapy or soft-tissue treatment must wear the appropriate PPE
👩⚕️👨⚕️ A paramedic crew of two people will be in the Red Zone and clubs should name two members of Red Zone staff to act as stretcher bearers
👩⚕️👨⚕️ A paramedic crew of two people will be in the Red Zone and clubs should name two members of Red Zone staff to act as stretcher bearers
💧 The referee will signal for drinks breaks to be taken midway through each half
⏱ The breaks should last no longer than a minute, with players drinking from their own bottles. The time taken for the break will be added to the end of the half
⏱ The breaks should last no longer than a minute, with players drinking from their own bottles. The time taken for the break will be added to the end of the half
🖐 Managers can now make use of five substitutes during a match
🔄 Teams can now have nine players on the bench, but the manager can only make substitutions on three occasions, not including at half-time
🏃♂️ Only three substitutes from one team are allowed to warm up at one time
🔄 Teams can now have nine players on the bench, but the manager can only make substitutions on three occasions, not including at half-time
🏃♂️ Only three substitutes from one team are allowed to warm up at one time
🧔 Match officials have been isolating throughout this period and are being tested as regularly as players, and will follow the same protocols
📺 VAR will be in operation for matches, with the VAR Hub configuration changed to allow for social-distancing
📺 VAR will be in operation for matches, with the VAR Hub configuration changed to allow for social-distancing
Players and manager guidelines:
📏 Maintain distance during celebrations
🛑 No handshakes
👃 No spitting or nose-clearing
🧼 Use hand-sanitiser before and after every match
💧 Use their own water bottle
❌ Avoid mass confrontations
🗣 Restrict interaction with opponents
📏 Maintain distance during celebrations
🛑 No handshakes
👃 No spitting or nose-clearing
🧼 Use hand-sanitiser before and after every match
💧 Use their own water bottle
❌ Avoid mass confrontations
🗣 Restrict interaction with opponents
