La Liga and Spain’s technical refereeing committee
Thursday
Spanish referees will use new measures against deliberate time-wasting, including delayed substitutions for players taking too long to leave and temporary exclusion procedures for suspected fake injuries. Goalkeeper time-wasting can also force an outfield team-mate off temporarily.
Officials can start a ten-second countdown when deliberate delaying is identified and apply the new sanctions after that point. Spain has separately rejected an optional rule that could punish players for covering their mouths while speaking to opponents.