Wenger's 'daylight' offside trial unlikely to be extended

Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the Ifab assessment panels. Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the International Football Association Board's (Ifab) assessment panels on Tuesday. The trial, which sees a player ruled to be onside if any part of the body is level with the second-last opponent, has been operating in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) throughout the year. The regular CPL season finished on Sunday, with mixed results. The Ifab's football and technical panels, made up of former players, coaches and referees, were told that the trial had led to a 54% reduction in offside decisions and 13 additional goals across the 112 matches.

But it also resulted in the defensive line retreating three metres across the course of the season. The CPL also trialled Football Video Support – a version of VAR which allows coaches to challenge decisions twice a game. This helped limit the impact of the trial, which would not be possible in most leagues. The biggest impact appeared to be on set-pieces, with defences having to compensate for the advantage of the "daylight" offside. There was support for a change to the coin toss before a penalty shootout. At present there is