The bench of twelve players

It was not all-powerful in the Premier League, or the alleged League All-Star, or the emerging Bundesliga has been declining in Calcium which has implemented a novel measure, at least at the club level, coinciding with the start of the Serie A: As the World or European Championships selections, Italian clubs may, if deemed appropriate by the coach, up to twelve players on the bench. One measure that seems right to me personally and improves a rule had been somewhat obsolete.

It was at the request of Aurelio De Laurentiis, president of Naples, and the Italian Football Federation agreed to allow this new regulation affecting not only to Serie A, but also to the Italian Cup, the Super Cup and the lower divisions. Each coach will have the option to include in his stool up to twelve players, and that the standard is not mandatory but optional, although the number of changes will always be restricted to three per game. From this change Laurentiis proposed to prevent the players would feel less common not involved.

The Palermo president Zamparini, has been one of those who applauded the new rules, but also found more indifferent opinions as Roma coach of the illustrious Zdenek Zeman, who said that he had only 18 players in the bench. It is no coincidence that this measure has not been echoed in Italy: with the usual customs Calciomercato exchange and continuous movement of players, it is not uncommon to see templates in the Serie A that reach about 30 players. Thus, up to 23 players can join a call.

I think a good measure and not just for the reasons set out De Laurentiis or Zamparini: if a team has a staff of 25 players in which there are at least two players per position, it is necessary that failure in the left-half a meeting to replace the other left side of the template, we imagine it was in the call, and do not be so pull a versatile right-back or center to move to the left flank to get the you were on the bench. So changes can be made ​​more natural and coach will have more options to react to the future of every game.

We'll see if the rest of the league so far and convinces them gradually being adopted in a sport that in some respects is certainly stagnant.