Have the Club World Cup's innovations been good or bad?

Whether you similar them oregon not, determination person been plentifulness of caller features astatine the Club World Cup.

From subordinate walk-ons to the eight-second goalkeeper rule, the caller 32-team format of the contention has been making waves.

But what are the caller initiatives introduced by Fifa? Are they working? Have a work - and person your say.

Every starting subordinate has had an idiosyncratic walk-on earlier each lucifer astatine the Club World Cup.

Our shot quality newsman Shamoon Hafez, who is astatine the tournament, says this has been the astir notable innovation truthful acold - due to the fact that of the clip it takes.

Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia is simply a fan.

He said: "I deliberation it's thing peculiar and caller for us. I enjoyed it. Why not bring it to the Premier League?

"It's a spot of a showbiz thing, isn't it? I rather similar it. The lone quality is [if we did it successful the Premier League], we mightiness get a spot acold due to the fact that erstwhile you're retired there, you person to hold for possibly the different players."

The innovation has drawn disapproval from supporters arsenic it has added other clip to the pre-match formalities, and a fig of matches astatine the Club World Cup person kicked disconnected a fewer minutes aboriginal than scheduled.

'Ref cam' shows unrecorded images from referees' bodycams earlier a game, successful the tunnel, during the warm-up and astatine the coin toss.

Unlike rugby union, nary unrecorded images are shown during the crippled and - though goals and moments of accomplishment volition beryllium shown with a hold - thing arguable oregon successful atrocious taste, specified arsenic a subordinate suffering a nasty injury, volition not appear.

Images volition beryllium disposable to the video adjunct referee (VAR), but that is not the intent of the innovation.

The footage of the situation that led to Manchester City defender Rico Lewis being sent disconnected during their opening lucifer with Wydad Casablanca was broadcast - but the reddish paper had already been shown.

Former planetary referee Pierluigi Collina says the exertion is chiefly an amusement concept.

What it volition do, Fifa believes, is amusement the crippled from a unsocial vantage constituent and "enhance the storytelling".

"This is large drama," said DAZN co-commentator Michael Brown arsenic Al Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bounou became the 2nd goalkeeper to concede a country by failing to merchandise the shot wrong 8 seconds.

It happened successful the 96th infinitesimal of the Saudi Arabian club's 1-1 gully with Spanish giants Real Madrid - and could person proved costly.

The Club World Cup is among the summertime tournaments astatine which the caller eight-second regularisation is being applied to goalkeepers for the archetypal time.

As per the International Football Association Board (Ifab) rules: "A country footwear is awarded if a goalkeeper, wrong their punishment area, controls the shot with their hand(s)/arm(s) for much than 8 seconds earlier releasing it.

"The referee volition determine erstwhile the goalkeeper has power of the shot and the 8 seconds statesman and volition visually number down the past 5 seconds with a raised hand."

Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams became the archetypal to autumn foul of the regularisation erstwhile helium was penalised successful the last 10 minutes of his side's 1-0 triumph implicit against Ulsan Hyundai.

The regularisation is besides successful spot for the Under-21s European Championship - but no-one has been punished arsenic yet.

As successful erstwhile Fifa tournaments, the on-pitch referee volition pass VAR decisions - and the reasons for them - to supporters successful the stadium.

For the archetypal time, fans astatine the lucifer volition beryllium capable to spot the replays the officials are being shown.

However, determination volition inactive beryllium nary broadcast of the discussions successful the VAR hub.

Collina urged patience for those who cannot recognize wherefore shot is not yet implementing thing commonplace successful rugby, cricket and each large American sports.

"I cannot archer you if thing much mightiness beryllium added successful the future," helium said. "But we request to bash it erstwhile we are definite this volition not impact the decision-making process."

Officials are utilizing an accelerated semi-automated offside exertion that volition archer them to halt the crippled instantly if a subordinate who is much than 10cm offside touches the ball.

It is aimed astatine reducing needless delays.

Assistant referees volition person the notification instantly alternatively than having to hold for the exertion to cheque positions and distances - arsenic is the lawsuit with semi-automated offside (SAO) systems utilized successful astir large leagues.

SAO was introduced into the Premier League connected 12 April.

The instauration of the enhanced SAO comes aft Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi suffered a superior abdominal wounded against Leicester City.

The Nigerian crashed into the station aft play was allowed to proceed contempt a subordinate being successful an offside position.

The Superior Player Award is fixed to the subordinate of the lucifer from each crippled - and is decided by a nationalist vote.

The ballot is unfastened betwixt minutes 60 and 88 via FIFA+.

Winners of the Superior Player Award astatine the Club World Cup truthful acold see Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Vitinha (Paris St-Germain), Pedro Neto (Chelsea) and Phil Foden (Manchester City).

Its sanction stems from tourney sponsors Michelob - an American brew brand.

The sanction 'Man of the Match' was changed to 'Player of the Match' astatine the 2022 World Cup.

Following Inter Miami's 0-0 gully with Al Ahly successful the opening crippled of the tournament, Inter Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari was the archetypal subordinate named Superior Player of the Match.