red card

[Marijn]

When a player gets a red card, does that mean he has to miss the next match in the World Cup?

[4getmenot]

all matches. Hes out.

[Marijn]

Really?????

[4getmenot]

yep. And 2 yellow equals a red.

[bibblebub]

Wikipedia says 1 match ban for 2 yellow cards http://en.wikipedia.o...p_disciplinary_record although FIFA can then extend it if they so choose.

That's fairly standard so is probably true.

[Marijn]

I know two yellows equals a red. But not sure how many matches someone who gets a red card would miss.
can they take back a red card after watching the replay?

[breorm]

i think you will find at the end of the round robin the yellow card are all cancelled

[MarkRae]

If FIFA are in any way serious about stamping out this blatant cheating, then they must rescind this evening's red card - utterly deplorable.

[4getmenot]

very unlikely it would be taken back.

[Marijn]

According to the Wikipedia link, a red card is a one match ban. Thank you bibblebub and all.

[Buenchico]

When a red card is given solely because the player has committed two yellow card offences, he's banned from the next match.

If a red card is given for any other reason the FIFA disciplinary committee has to decide on the length of the ban. For 'violent conduct', for example, that can be for one, two or three matches.

Chris

[beejay1124]

nta- a red card is an automatic one match ban-this can be lengthened if FIFA wish

[4getmenot]

sorry meant hes out of this bit. Very unlikely theyd take it back most of timdm not worth it.

[Marijn]

So will FIFA say, "we can see you didn't do anything wrong, but because the ref gave you a red card, you have to miss at least one match". In the match just now, I mean.

[Buenchico]

There's no right of appeal against a yellow card (other than on the grounds of 'mistaken identity), so the player's 2nd yellow card must stand. Consequently the red card can't be over-ruled. The disciplinary committee can, however, over-rule the standard penalty (of a one match ban) for receiving it.

[Marijn]

Sorry, I don't fully understand. Are you saying there's a chance that he might not be banned from any matches, if common sense prevails?

[Buenchico]

My understanding of the rules is based, in part, on the BBC post-match summary. They seem to be of the opinion that FIFA can theoretically quash the one-match ban but are unlikely to do so (since that would effectively be the same as accepting an appeal against the second yellow card, which their own rules prohibit them from doing).

As John Motson pointed out, there is a precedent for a player being suspended (for 2 matches) for pretending to have been struck in the face by another player.

If you want to wade through the actual disciplinary code, see here:
http://www.fifa.com/m.../75/disco_2009_en.pdf

Chris

[breorm]

yes they can cancell a red card and the player only misses one match unless the officials decide it warrents further action

[MarkRae]

> As John Motson pointed out, there is a precedent for a player being suspended (for 2 matches) for pretending to have been struck in the face by another player.

The CI player certainly deserves that. Irrelevant for him in the current competition, but more to send a message to those teams who remain...

[Marijn]

Thank you all very much. I was specifically asking about that Brazil and Ivory Coast match just now, where one player pretended he was punched in the face. I hope the faker gets to miss two matches.