What does the red card mean in football? Red card in football: statistics and rules

Modern football can not be imagined without yellow and red cards, as this is a very traumatic and hard sport. For today, there is not a single professional who does not earn at least one disqualification in his career. The reasons for the removal may be not only the coarseness of the player, but also a number of additional circumstances stipulated in the rules of UEFA and FIFA.

The history of the red card

For the first time tangible indicators of a disciplinary nature were invented and proposed by British arbitrator Ken Aston. For a long time his initiative remained unheeded, but after the World Championship in 1966 the situation radically changed. During the quarterfinals of Mundial between England and Argentina, the captain of the Latin American team, Antonio Rattin, played very rudely in a subcategory against his opponent.

Judged the match German specialist Rudolf Kraytlyan, who could speak only in his native language. The game was stopped for a few minutes, because the judge could not explain to the Argentine that he must leave the field. As a result, Ken Aston had to intervene in the conflict. This amusing episode flew through all corners of the Earth in a matter of days, so the Football Federation of England, like the international associations, had no choice but to introduce a universal disciplinary punishment. The card itself became a prototype of a traffic light, where yellow means a warning, and a red indicates the end of the traffic. Soon in the rules of the competition, FIFA, there were specific rules for the treatment of gross episodes, for which players were threatened with deletion. Officially, the cards began to be used from the 1970 World Championship . The first to whom "lucky enough" to receive a warning, was the Soviet midfielder Kahi Asatiani.

Today in a game like football, red cards are an integral part of the gameplay. According to statistics, the removal happens in every fifth official match.

Red for two yellow

Under the rules of FIFA, impose on disciplinary players disciplinary sanctions during a match can only the chief justice. Cards of any color are allowed to be given to both players acting in the main lineup, and the reserve and replaced. Yellow means the first warning for a gross violation of the rules and is given for the following faults:

- unsporting behavior (including rudeness);
- delaying the match time;
- Exits to the field without the proper permission of the arbitrator;
- disputes with the judiciary;
- systematic violations of the rules;
- unauthorized departure to the pantribune room or to the bench without the consent of the referee;
- Failure to comply with the required distance from the ball at angular, free or free kick, and also with dropping the strikeout. The two yellow ones automatically turn into a delete (red card). In football, the rules do not limit the period of disqualification. The referee removes the player only for one match. The final decision on the incident is given by the executive committee of the federation of football, under whose jurisdiction the duel took place.

Straight red

Violations punishable by deletion concern football players, coaches and all personnel who are claimed for the team for the current match and are within the playing field (including the bench). In rare cases, arbitrators are allowed to impose appropriate sanctions on club owners.

A direct red card in football can be given for excessive aggression and insults to the opponent or judge, a serious violation of the rules, for obscene expressions and appropriate gestures. A separate point of disciplinary punishment is spitting. It does not matter to whom it was committed, in any case it is punishable by a red card and a prolonged disqualification.

Also, a player can be removed for deliberately depriving an opponent of the opportunity to score a goal. If the violation was made within its own penalty area, then it is further punishable by an 11-meter strike. The rule applies to field players and the goalkeeper. Red card implies the removal of the player from the field and all adjacent territory (technical area). Being disqualified, the player must go to the podtribunnoe room until the end of the match.

Consequences of red cards

The arbitrator has the right to remove the player for the push of an opponent from the moment the teams appear on the field during the warm-up until the end of the match. For such a foul (violation) put a red card and disqualification to 3 matches. Similar sanctions are imposed on the player who tried to cause physical injury to officials.

Also, a red card in football is given for the signal or kick of an opponent by any part of the body. Disqualification for such a violation can vary up to 4 games. For 5 matches, a football player is eliminated for a fight. However, in this case, the judge and official observers should pay attention to the participation of specific players in the riots. If a football player defends himself or calms his colleagues, he will go unpunished. If the player deals blows or other physical injuries to the opponents, then up to 10 matches can be disqualified. The instigator is removed for a period of 5 games.

Simulation

To obtain such an advantage, as a numerical majority, football players often resort to deception. In computer games (for example, FIFA 14), red cards are not given for simulation, in reality the situation is much more complicated. Many players, entering into someone else's penalty area, prefer not to hit the gate, and deliberately fall at the slightest touch with the opponent. Arbitrators from the side do not always see an episode in detail, so in half the cases they mistakenly assign a penalty, sending the innocent ahead of time to the locker room.

For such a fraud of direct red cards, the judges are not given, but football players-simulators may well get a second "yellow card".

Fastest Removal

In 1990, the footballer of "Bologna" Italian Giuseppe Lorenzo already on the 10th second managed to earn a red card for the opponent's blow.

The fastest removal at the World Championships happened in 1986. Uruguayan midfielder José Batista brought down a rough subcategory of Scottish striker Strachan at the 1st minute of the match.
The fastest red card in football, received after the substitution, was given to Jamaican winger Walter Boyd in 2001. The islander did not even have time to enter the field when he struck the opponent in the face.

The most ridiculous deletions

The red card received by the leader of the French national team at the 2006 World Cup stands apart from all football fans. In the final Zynadin Zidane failed to restrain himself and hit his head in the chest of the Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Throughout the match, the Frenchman was subjected to verbal provocation by the opponent, but as soon as the insults touched his family, Zidane gave vent to emotions. The arbitrator immediately showed the midfielder a red card, leaving the team without the captain. That finale France lost to the Italians on a penalty shootout, in which Zidane was so lacking. Another red card has also entered the history, it has not yet been found in football. In 1998, during the amateur league game between England's Southampton Arms and Tarrant, forward Richard Keard did not let the main arbiter of the meeting meet Melvin Sylvester, then pushing him in the back, then calling him, then demonstratively laughing in his face. Closer under the curtain of the match, the referee could not restrain himself and stabbed the provocateur with several punches, knocking the offender to the ground. After that, Sylvester took out a red card and showed it to himself, having left the field.

Deletion statistics

The most rude of the European TOP-championships of the 2014/15 season at the moment is the Italian "Serie A". During the first 3 months, 27 red cards were shown. Most of all (two) received Daniel Bonera ("Milan") and Simone Padoin ("Juventus").

The most positive statistics of red cards in football for the current season in the Russian Premier League. For 14 rounds there were only 8 deletions. In the season 2013/14 the most rude football player of the Russian championship was the opener from Lokomotiv Lassana Diarra (3 red cards).