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Fifa has brought a new ruling in before this years world cup that will stop penalty takers from stopping in their run up to the ball while they are taking a penalty.

Fifa have decided that stopping in your run up to fool the keeper is unsportsmanlike and i have to agree.

This new ruling wont really affect any of the England players as they generally take penalties properly. One player i can instantly think of is Ronaldo, he often gets whiplash when taking a penalty as he stops and starts in his run up.

I think this new ruling makes it fairer on goalkeepers as well. A lot of footballers take penalties with a lot of pace, when you are in charge of stopping that, you need to make your decision and move early.

I think its a good move by Fifa, what do you think?

***UPDATE***

It seems i have missed the point on this story, They haven’t banned people stopping in the run up, they have stopped people pausing when they are about to kick the ball.

After hailing this new rule as being great, i actually think its quite confusing, if a player tries to do it, its then down to the referee to decide weather he was in the middle of kicking the ball or not. If you ask me, its become another reason for players to surround the ref and moan about his decisions. Why cant they just implement cut and dry rules!

Source: BBC