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“There will be no blue card at the top level. The issue does not exist for us,” Infantino told reporters in Glasgow. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will meet there on Saturday for its annual general meeting and will discuss a test phase for the new map.
FIFA has four out of eight votes in the IFAB and therefore has the option to block all proposed rules. The other members are a representative each of the football associations from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Infantino said he had no knowledge of the issue before it was discussed publicly in media reports in recent weeks. “If you want a headline, it’s ‘Red card for blue card’,” said the Swiss.
The idea of the blue card, which is accompanied by a compulsory ten-minute break, had already raised critical voices. For example, Liverpool’s German coach Jürgen Klopp had expressed massive doubts and feared new referee debates after controversial decisions.
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