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There are a lot of unusual aspects to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but one on-field quirk has stood out so far: the long stoppage times.<\/p>\n

In total, there was almost half an hour added in\u00a0England\u2019s thumping 6-2 win over Iran in Group B\u00a0\u2013 14 minutes at the end of the first half and a further 10 at the end of the second.<\/p>\n

The second-longest contest has been Wales\u2019 1-1 draw with USA, which lasted over 104 minutes with nine added on at the end, ramping up the excitement as both teams chased a winner.<\/p>\n

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There were over 100 minutes played in\u00a0Netherlands\u2019 2-0 victory over Senegal in Group A, and even the opening game between the hosts and Ecuador exceeded 100 minutes.<\/p>\n

In fact the four halves with the most stoppage time since Opta began tracking World Cup records in 1966 came on Monday: both halves of England v Iran, the second-half of USA v Wales and the second-half of Senegal v Netherlands.<\/p>\n

The first game on Tuesday November 22, Argentina v Saudi Arabia, continued the trend with five additional minutes at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n

But what is the reason for it?<\/p>\n

Well, former referee, the iconic Pierluigi Collina, had warned last week that fans should expect these sorts of situations in Qatar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we already did in Russia [2018] was to more accurately calculate the time to be compensated,\u201d the chairman of the FIFA referees committee told ESPN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe told everybody to don\u2019t be surprised if they see the fourth official raising the electronic board with a big number on it, six, seven or eight minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want more active time, we need to be ready to see this kind of additional time given. Think of a match with three goals scored. A celebration normally takes one, one and a half minutes, so with three goals scored, you lose five or six minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want to do is accurately calculate the added time at the end of each half. It can be the fourth official to do that, we were successful in Russia and we expect the same in Qatar.<\/p>\n

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4 \u2013 The four single halves with the most stoppage time on record (since 1966) in a single #WorldCup<\/a> match have all been today:#ENGIRN<\/a> 1st half (14:08)#ENGIRN<\/a> 2nd half (13:08)#USAWAL<\/a> 2nd half (10:34)#SENNED<\/a> 2nd half (10:03)<\/p>\n

Prolonged.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am not talking about VAR intervention, this is something which is different and calculated by the Video Assistant Referee in a very precise way.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven at the time I was a referee, the info [on added time] came from the fourth official, you are too much focused on what\u2019s going on that it\u2019s possible not to consider something. It\u2019s the fourth official who usually proposes the amount of added time and the referee tends to decide\u2026and decides.\u201d<\/p>\n

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