“There will be a difference this campaign in how match officials will be applying the rules of the game,” the statement partly read.
Subs warming up
The number of substitutes in a single match is five players which started in the previous season. During warm-up, only three substitute players from each team are allowed to warm up at the same time.
However, starting this coming season, “the number of substitutes allowed to warm up at the same time on the perimeter of the pitch during a match has gone up from three to five players per team.
“This is to correspond with the fact that teams are able to make five substitutions at any one time.”