2024-02-09 13:41:34
This Thursday the FIFA issued a statement in which it stated that the blue card is not going to be tested from the beginning – if at all – in elite football. In the last hours, the English newspaper The Telegraph leaked that the IFABin charge of defining the rules of football worldwide, will make the introduction of this new rule official this Friday, February 9.
FIFA’s statement on the blue card in football
“FIFA would like to clarify that reports of the call “blue card” at the elite levels of football are incorrect and premature”begins the statement from the entity that regulates football worldwide.
“Any such test, if implemented, should be responsibly limited to lower levelsa position that FIFA intends to reiterate when this item is discussed on March 2 at the annual IFAB meeting.”
What would the blue card be like in football?
According to reports The Telegraphthe IFAB evaluates the possibility of referees using the blue card in two situations: reckless or tactical fouls or complaints about referee decisions. If you receive this card, the footballer must remain off the field of play for 10 minutes. It is a kind of step prior to the red, which means definitive expulsion.
Furthermore, the outlet states that if a player receives a yellow after the blue, he will be sent off for the rest of the match. The newspaper gives examples of tournaments in which the FA Cup, both male and female. But FIFA came out to clarify that if they actually want to examine this change, the tests will not be in elite tournaments..