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New rules being introduced to football will reportedly see the opportunity of a rebound from a penalty ended as of next season.

Under the sport's current laws, saved spot-kicks offer the attacking team a second chance of netting inside the penalty area, with the taker able to snaffle up a close-range rebound.

However, rules that will come into effect for the 2019/20 season will see played stopped if a penalty hits the post or is saved by a goalkeeper.

The change is part of sweeping alterations made by International FA Board (IFAB) that include substitutes, handballs and defensive 'walls' at free-kicks among others.

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Former Premier League official Dermott Gallagher explained to Sky Sports how the new laws will be put into practice.

Gallagher said: "We've seen Manchester United's Paul Pogba this year score a penalty from his own rebound and on Saturday the Arsenal penalty was saved and the players chased it down and the ball was still alive.

"Now if it hits the post or the goalkeeper saves and it comes back out to the forward, the game will be stopped, there'll be no second chance."

Perhaps the most famous rebound in Liverpool's history was the penalty Xabi Alonso saw saved in the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan.

With the Reds trailing 3-2 after a stirring second-half fightback, Alonso stepped up from 12 yards after Steven Gerrard had been fouled inside the penalty area.

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However, the midfielder's spot-kick was saved by Dida before he followed up the rebound to complete the comeback and provide Liverpool with the platform to go on and win the game on penalties for their fifth European Cup.

The new laws will eradicate such scenarios from the game as of next season.

In other changes approved by IFAB last week, substitutes will have to leave the pitch at the nearest goal line or touchline instead of walking to their technical area in a bid to stop time-wasting.

“On the topic of defining handball, a decision was taken by the IFAB to provide a more precise and detailed definition for what constitutes handball, in particular with regard to the occasions when a non-deliberate/accidental handball will be penalised,” read an IFAB statement.

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“For example, a goal scored directly from the hand/arm (even if accidental) and a player scoring or creating a goal-scoring opportunity after having gained possession/control of the ball from their hand/arm (even if accidental) will no longer be allowed.”

On the subject of substitutions, it was decided that a change was needed to speed up play.

IFAB added: “Following experiments in different parts of the world, the AGM also approved changes to the Laws of the Game related to a player being substituted having to leave the field of play at the nearest boundary line, yellow and red cards for misconduct by team officials and the ball not having to leave the penalty area at goal kicks and defending team free-kicks in the penalty area.

“Additional approved law changes included: measures to deal with attacking players causing problems in the defensive ‘wall’; changing the dropped ball procedure; giving a dropped ball in certain situations when the ball hits the referee; and the goalkeeper only being required to have one foot on the line at a penalty kick.”

The ECHO has contacted the IFAB for clarification on how the rule change would work.