FIFA evening statement on the blue card

Yesterday, Thursday, ‘The Telegraph’ announced in the middle of the afternoon that the IFAB (International Football Board Association) is considering the imminent introduction of a new penalty called ‘blue card’. This rule was created with the aim of limiting the number of protests referees receive during the build-up to matches. This way, players who receive them will be kicked out within 10 minutes. English even mentioned this Friday as the day on which it will be discussed.

In the MD we said yesterday that it will be next March 2 at its annual meeting, when the most important point on the agenda related to the Rules of the Game (2) will be discussed. And that’s where these temporary expulsions are planned to address in addition to just the captain approaching the referee and the cooling-off periods.

That is, this first Saturday of the next month they will discuss whether they want to continue testing this novelty after it has been tested in the lower categories. But this jump is in response to IFAB processes when implementing new standards. This explains the statement last night from FIFA, in which it clarified that this information that appeared for the football elite “is incorrect and premature.” He went on to say that “any such test, if implemented, should be limited to testing responsibility at a lower level.” A position FIFA intends to reiterate when it is discussed on the agenda at the IFAB Annual General Assembly on March 2.

The next day what can be assessed in FIFA tournaments by following the steps of the previous steps such as listening to the conversations live on the VAR monitor. A measure that has already been tested at the Club World Cup and the last Women’s World Cup, but there is still no date to start applying it to elite football and the major leagues. The same thing happens with blue cards. They want to test it first in scenarios similar to professional football in the major leagues. But its implementation in elite football still has to wait.