More than 10,000 words have been cut from the ''Laws of the Game'' ahead of the European Championship, but don't expect the changes to make the games in France any less controversial. The biggest change introduced by IFAB, the body that writes the rules of soccer, helps defenders when they try to prevent an attacker from scoring. Now, IFAB has ruled that if a defender is making a genuine attempt to play the ball, the referee can choose to only show him a yellow card.
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