Soccer rules panel clarifies VAR process that World Cup red card for Switzerland's Embolo was wrong
The IFAB has clarified that the VAR protocol used to send off Switzerland's Breel Embolo during a World Cup match against Argentina was incorrectly applied. The panel confirmed that 'mistaken identity' rules do not currently allow for the review of simulation incidents, acknowledging that the referee's decision was technically flawed.
Soccer's law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarter-finals against Argentina. Embolo's second yellow card, after a video review for simulating being fouled, changed the momentum of the game in the 72nd minute soon after Switzerland tied the score at 1-1.
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