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

Modern football can not be imagined without the yellowand 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 during 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 appearance of the red card

For the first time tangible indicators of disciplinarycharacter were invented and proposed by British arbitrator Ken Aston. For a long time his initiative was ignored, 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 means of disciplinary punishment.

The card itself became the prototype of a traffic light, whereyellow indicates a warning, and red indicates an end to the movement. Soon in the rules of the competition, FIFA, there were specific rules for treating 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 "was lucky" 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 footballersDisciplinary sanctions during the match can only be the head judge. Cards of any color are allowed to be given to both players acting in the main lineup, and spare 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 with 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 removal concernfootball players, coaches and all personnel who are claimed for the team for the current match and is 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 givenfor 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 intentionalthe opponent's ability to score a goal. If the violation was made within its own penalty area, it is additionally punishable by an 11-meter strike. The rule applies to field players and the goalkeeper.

Red card implies removalfootball 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

Арбитр вправе удалить игрока за толчок соперника Since the appearance of teams on the field during warm-up until the end of the fight. For such a foul (violation) put a red card and disqualification to 3 matches. Similar sanctions are imposed on the player who attempted to cause physical injury to officials.

Also, a red card in football is given foror an opponent's stroke 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 numericalmost, football players often resort to deceit. 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 penaltysquare, prefer not to hit the gate, but 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, 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, at the 10th second, managed to earn a red card for the opponent's kick.

The quickest removal at the World Championships happened in 1986. Uruguayan midfielder José Batista brought down a rough subcategory of Scotch 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 removal

Apart from all the fans of football isa red card received by the leader of the French national team at the 2006 World Championships. 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.

The story also includes another red cardshe still has no analogues in football. In 1998, during the England amateur league game between Southampton Arms and Tarrant, forward Richard Kerd didn’t let the main arbiter of the meeting, Melvin Sylvester, pass, either pushing him in the back, or calling him, or demonstratively laughing at his face. Toward the close of the match, the referee did not restrain himself and struck the provoker 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 toughest of the European top championshipsThe 2014/15 season is currently the Italian “Series A”. During the first 3 months 27 red cards were shown. Most of all (two by two) were received by Daniel Bonera (Milan) and Simone Padoin (Juventus).

The most positive statistics of red cards infootball for the current season in the Russian Premier League. Over 14 rounds there were only 8 deletions. In the 2013/14 season, the defender from the Lokomotiv Lassan Diarra (3 red cards) became the toughest player of the Russian championship.