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How long is a football/soccer match?
How is additional time calculated in football/soccer?
The referee must resume the game and play the correct time.
The referee must resume the game after the half-time interval without changing sides and play the correct time for the first half. The teams then change sides and the game is restarted with the kick-off for the second half.
The referee must resume the game and play the correct time for the second half.
This is allowed if both teams and the referee agree.
The same principles apply as in normal time (both halves are of the same duration, there is a half-time break and the referee allows additional time at the end of each half).
The half ends when the referee stops play for an offence by the attacking team or when the ball:
- goes into the goal;
- stops moving (including being held by the goalkeeper);
- rebounds off the goalkeeper, goalpost(s), crossbar or corner flagpost and has no chance of going into the goal;
- goes out of play; or
- is touched after the kick by any player (except the defending goalkeeper).
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