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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will announce the introduction of the first new card in the sport since the 1970 World Cup. The game’s lawmakers will reportedly confirm the introduction of the “blue card” on Friday.
The cards have already been used in trials this season in Wales. It comes after a warning from IFAB leaders that poor player behavior “could be the cancer that kills football”.
The Telegraph writes that the blue card will not be tested in “top-level competitions”, but elite tests could take place as early as the summer. It is said that the FA Cup and Women’s FA Cup could be used.
What is the blue card?
The card will be used to issue a sin-bin to offending players. This is itself a new addition to the game, although it has been used locally and in other countries around the world.
Sin-bins will last 10 minutes. The new reforms will not be in force for the European Championship in Germany during the summer or for the new Champions League season from 2024/25.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin explained that he is totally against the blue card. “It’s not football anymore,” he said last month.
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What is a blue card given for?
The blue card will be a deterrent to player dissent, as well as cynical entries. It comes after a major crackdown on dissent, arguments and shouting at referees this season.
Can a player with a blue card be sent off?
The report suggests that the IFAB will announce rules stating that a yellow card and a blue card in the same game for the same player will result in a red card. Two blue cards in the same game for the same player will also be treated as a red card.
Why is the card blue?
Unlike Gary Neville’s calls for an ‘orange’ card at some points this season when analyzing how bad the innings are, the blue card will be used as it is clearly different to the other shades of red and yellow. At the 2018 Conifa World Cup, a tournament for countries not affiliated with FIFA, a green card was used to indicate a foul between yellow and red cards.
The rules read: “A player who receives a green card must leave the field of play immediately, but may be replaced if his team has not used all of his substitutes. A player who receives a green card is not excluded from his team’s next match. “
Green cards were also used as a sign of fair play in the Irish grassroots. To date it has not been used in any elite football.
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