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With the IFAB, a major change to the playing field was established
mainly by the introduction of penalty kicks. The minimum measures 100
yards long and 50 yards wide field; today is marked all the sidelines and
goal. The midfield is marked with a dot and a circle of 10 yards in the
same center. Also it has a horizontal crosspiece joining the vertical posts;
the distance from it to the floor is 8 feet. 12 yards from each goal line
and into the ground a parallel line is drawn: the penal line. The base of
each vertical post a semicircle 6 is drawn inside the field. The
combination of both forms an M-shaped area arched. Networks for the
goals are also introduced. The playing area is covered with artificial turf,
currently defined that the balls must have a spherical shape, a