Daily Mirror

Game of too long halves...

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FANS have been stunned by large amounts of stoppage time being added at the end of each half during games.

The injury time for the two halves of the Iran vs England match were a World Cup record of 14 minutes, eight seconds and 13 minutes, eight seconds. The match lasted 117 minutes, 16 seconds.

Saudi Arabia’s win over Argentina clocked a total of 21 minutes of added time.

FIFA has said it will start to tackle time-wasting.

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