In football rules, the main referee attributes are cards - yellow and red... In this article about what they mean and why they are given to football players on the field.

Yellow and red cards

If you delve into the history of football, then such an attribute as cards did not appear immediately, but modern football is already unthinkable without these components. Cards in football, in essence, are signs that the referee shows to football players at a match for violation of the rules of the game, or unsportsmanlike behavior.

What is the yellow card for?

Yellow card means violation and is given to players in the following cases:

• For deliberately dragging out playing time
• For entering or leaving the game without the permission of the referee
• For rough play on the field
• For simulation
• For conversations and disputes with the match referee
• For playing with a hand that the referee considers intentional
• For hitting before the whistle when free kicks are taken or for hitting the ball after the whistle in case of stopping play.
• For showing a naked torso while celebrating a goal

If a player receives two yellow cards during the match, then he is removed from the field without the opportunity to continue further play. Also, this player will not be able to play in the next match for the team due to disqualification.

Most tournaments and championships also have additional rules for the number of yellow cards received over multiple matches. For example, if a player has received 4 yellow cards during several games, he will miss the next game.

What is the red card for?

In football, a red card means a sign of removal and is shown by the referee to a football player for a particularly gross violation on the field or very unsportsmanlike behavior. A footballer who received a red card has no right to continue playing and is obliged to leave the field. He also cannot be replaced and therefore the team remains in the minority.

Red card in football shown:

• For very rough play (tackles from behind, insulting an opponent, deliberately hitting an opponent);
• For the “last resort foul”.

Also, a red card is shown after a player has received a second yellow card for a match, and also receives a disqualification for the next match.

For the first time, the system of cards in football began to be used in 1970 at the World Cup. And the first footballer who received a yellow card was the footballer of the USSR national team Kakha Asatiani.
Most of all shown yellow and red cards in the 1/8 World Championship match between the national teams of the Netherlands and Portugal, Russian referee Valentin Ivanov. For the whole match, he showed 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards and all were deserved.

And finally, a video in which you will see (if you have not seen) for which the legendary footballer Zinedine Zidane was issued a red card in the World Cup final between the national teams of Italy and France, and his last match in his career. Eh ...

Hello friends, today we will talk about removing players in football and what strategies exist for such a bet. Let's analyze the whole essence of this tactic using specific examples of bets on red cards.

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Description and essence of the strategy for deletion

As you know, for gross violations in football, referees often punish players with yellow cards. In the event that a player grossly violates the rules 2 times, then he is shown another yellow card, which automatically turns into a red one. This means that the player is sent off and must leave the field.

This is a rather harsh punishment, because after sending off, the team remains in the minority and loses the chances of a positive outcome. Of course, this does not happen in every match, but it is quite possible to predict the removal.

In view of the fact that a large number of bookmakers allow betting on such an outcome with a very high odds, I have dealt with this issue in more detail. Therefore, I offer you an overview of the strategy that will allow us to make correct and winning bets on the red card in the match.

Also, you need to know that the bookmakers offer not just a red card bet, but a variety of options in which it can appear. Here are the possible bets on QC:

1. Total... That is, you are betting on whether a certain amount of KK in the match will be up or down;
2. Will / will not... It's a simple bet, bet on whether the deletion will happen or not. As you understand, there WILL NOT be a bet, they give a very low odds;
3. Outcome of the winner by cards. This bet is made on the team that gets the highest QC;
4. Outcomes on KK with a handicap;
5. First red card... You need to guess which team will be sent off first;
6. What happens first... The list of this bet includes: a goal, a yellow card, a penalty kick and many other options, including KK;
7. Accurate QC score;
8. There are many more options, such as individual total, half-time or 10-minute interval.

As you can see, we have plenty of ground for thought. So let's not waste any time and get down to review.

Choosing the Right Football Match for Red Card Betting

To begin with, we need to determine by what criteria we will choose a match in which a red card is potentially possible.

• First of all, pay attention to the team's statistics for this indicator.... I use the FlashScore service for this. Thanks to him, you can find out the list of the roughest teams in the season.
• Pay attention to the style of play of the teams. As practice shows, those teams that are playing a defensive game are most susceptible to receiving a red card. This is logical, because often during the selection and violations occur, so take this fact into account.
• An important role is played by the principle of the meeting... If the championship race or salvation from the relegation zone will depend on the outcome of the match, then we plan to count on a calm start of the meeting. It is unlikely that the teams will risk being in the minority, but it is worth scoring a goal or, on the contrary, continuing to play for zero, as we expect a surge of emotions.
• Statistically, you can see that most red cards happen in derbies or decisive matches in 2-match matches. If everything is clear with the derby, then, for example, in the League Championship battles, there is too much at stake, and the teams will go ahead, not observing the rules in case of an unsatisfactory score, because there will be no chance to win back.

For this reason, the final fights are often very tense. A striking example of this is the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa, where the national teams of Spain and Holland played. The principled meeting lasted for 120 minutes and the teams picked up as many as 14 yellow cards, which contributed to the removal.

• Pay attention to the championship in which the selected meeting is held... Everyone knows that football in different countries is different from each other. Somewhere it is tough, but somewhere on the contrary. Thus, I advise you to consider the championships in Italy, Spain, Holland and Brazil, where players are very often punished for the slightest touch of the enemy. At the same time, real men's football is played in England. The fight is tough here and the referees often do not want to interrupt the course of the meeting and show mustard plasters.

By the way, about the judges. Perhaps this is the most important criterion in choosing a match with a potential red card. The fact is that the decision of the judge cannot be challenged, and each of them dictates its own rules. Someone immediately makes it clear that rough play in this meeting is impermissible, and someone turns a blind eye even to those fouls that claim to be a straight red.

Study the arbiters and look at their statistics. It will be possible to draw conclusions from it and expect some results. The more often the referee shows KK, the more likely he will do it in the next meeting to which he was appointed.

Well, the bonus is to talk about the more risky, but with high quotes rates. I'm talking about betting on a certain player's red card. Often, this outcome gives a crazy odds and you can predict this scenario.

I remember how Mark Van Bommel played. If you can also remember it, then you will understand what I mean. This bone-breaker did not spare his rivals and, because of this, missed many matches due to disqualification. I would not be surprised that one of the bettors was able to make a fortune on his red cards.

At the moment, we can observe such amateurs being removed from the field as: Sergio Ramos, Melo, the great provocateur Diego Costa, the simulator Luis Suarez or the reckless Pepe. The days of Gatuzzo, Keane and Burton may be over, but in every generation of footballers you will find those who do not think too much about the team and play on the brink of a foul.

By the way, I noticed a tendency about Sergio Ramos. The Real Madrid defender sometimes resorts to rather dubious actions. He deliberately breaks the rules in order to serve a suspension and go to any decisive match in full readiness. This may seem disgusting to some, but you can play on it. By the way, this happened in the first match of Real against Ajax in the Champions League. The arrogant Ramos specially earned a removal to serve the suspension in the next match and be ready for another stage.

Example of a bet on removal in football

We have already discussed with you all the criteria by which you need to choose a match. I think you are interested in how to bet on this outcome. There is nothing difficult in this, since almost all bookmakers make such bets.

The nuance lies elsewhere. The red card is a rather controversial and rare outcome. Therefore, even with careful analysis, the probability of such an outcome will not exceed 70%. So I advise you to bet on deletion only if you are 100% sure.

Moreover, if all the criteria I described with the names of the players from this article appear in your calculations, then be sure to take a chance.

Go to the event list and choose any outcome you like for deletion or CC.

I want to offer you another version of the strategy. As you can see, a very small odds are given for the bet against the removal. This is understandable, because the event is really rare and its probability is less than a goal or a yellow card.

It's pretty stupid to bet on it. We will not earn much, and if we lose, we will remain in the red, which will be impossible to win back. Therefore, I resort to a method of composing an express from these events.

The bottom line is as follows. By adding several similar outcomes to the express, we increase the final odds. Since the likelihood that the match will not be sent off is high, the likelihood of a pass increases. Therefore, we can safely count on earnings with the help of the catch-up.

Conclusions on the topic

I believe that predicting the red card in football is not that difficult. Using the algorithms and criteria that I described in this material, you have the right to count on profit.

Be that as it may, the strategy works against red cards as well. However, you must understand that in order to earn full value, you definitely need to do a thorough analysis of the match. Without this, there can be no question of any profit.

Hope this article was helpful to you. I wish you good luck and as many big wins as possible!

Yellow and red cards are an integral part of every football match. Small rectangular pieces of paper are in the pocket of the chief referee, who warns players with them for all sorts of violations. After the referee showed the yellow card to the player, he makes a note about it, drawing the number of the offending player on the card itself. In our time, it rarely happens that the referee has not shown a single card for the entire fight. It is possible to violate and this is not always punishable, but when the referee clearly sees a foul, he will certainly react and punish the culprit accordingly.

The history of the appearance of cards in football

At the 1962 World Cup, Englishman Ken Aston judged the opening match of the tournament between the national teams of Chile and Switzerland. In that fight, the referee did a good job and FIFA put him to judge the game between Chile and Italy - two rivals between whom a fierce struggle could unleash in the football ring. The game was predicted to be emotional and rough and in one of the episodes Aston had to be removed from the field of Squadar Azzurra midfielder Giorgio Ferrini.

At the 1966 World Cup, Ken Aston was appointed in charge of the work of the judges. This "world championship" also did not go without controversial situations. In the England - Argentina match, the German referee Rudolf Kreitlein removed the captain of the Latin American national team Rattin from the court for a gross violation, but he, not even knowing the language of the referee, tried to find out the reason for his removal and not the next day the newspapers wrote in full about the problems between the referees and the players of different nationalities that do not understand each other. After that, Aston seriously thought about this problem and very soon found an ingenious solution.

While driving on the road in London, Aston had an epiphany, which he later explained as follows:

“When I drove down High Street Kensigton, the traffic light was red. I thought: yellow - calm down, red - stop, you are excluded. "

With this idea, the Briton, who had previously worked as a teacher and who knew the importance of communicating with those whom you were going to control, turned to FIFA. Aston proposed to introduce yellow and red cards in football and the International Organization approved the idea and already at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the referees used the cards to warn the players. Also at this World Cup, according to the idea of ​​Ken Aston, a reserve referee and a plate with the numbers of the players who are going to replace were introduced.

What does a yellow card mean in football?

The judges will award players with a yellow card for the following infractions:

• Unsportsmanlike behavior (for example, when a football player celebrates a goal by taking off his shirt)
• For disputes with the referee (the referee is needed on the field to decide who is right and who is wrong. Captains can ask the referee the reason for the card, but for disputes or excessively rude comments, the referee has the right to award the player with a mustard plaster)
• For delaying time (often, the players of the winning team like to stall for time, for example, with a long kick in or out)
• For a set of fouls (not all violations are drawn to a yellow card, the referee ignores minor crimes, but keeps scores. If the same footballers often break the rules, then the referee has the right to show him a yellow yellow card.
• For entering or leaving the game without the permission of the referee (it happens that during the stoppage of the game, for example, when doctors are helping the victim, one of the players goes out of the field line (to drink some water). In no case should this be done, he must remain on the playing court, and if he is very thirsty, then from the bench he can be given a bottle of water.Likewise, when a player, after receiving medical assistance, enters without the permission of the referees - this is a yellow card.
• For non-observance of the distance to the ball (during a free kick or free kicks, the players of the defending team must be at a distance of 9 meters from the ball. in such cases, referees often use verbal warnings.
• For deliberate handball (does not apply unless it is a last resort foul)
• For disrupting a dangerous attack
• For a blow after the whistle (for example, when an offside position was recorded, and the player ignored the whistle and purposefully hit the ball). Often in such cases, the players pretend that due to the noise of the stands they simply did not hear the whistle sound.

What is the red card for in football?

A red card is shown for a gross violation in football and means two things. First, the offender committed a serious foul or committed a serious gross misconduct. Secondly, the player who was shown a red yellow card will have to leave the field immediately. There are 5 main reasons for showing a player a red card:

1. Rough foul. In this case, the arbiter, at his discretion, even with the help of VAR, can determine how gross the violation was. This includes a tackle from behind, a tackle with two feet, a leg held high during a tackle, a kick to the body, etc.
2. Violent actions. Any punches, kicks, attacks on the enemy in simple language, a fight, is punishable by a red card.
3. Spitting and swearing. For such actions, they are almost always kicked out of the field. This also includes racist insults.
4. Foul of last resort. When an attacking player has almost 100% chance to score a goal, and the opponent breaks the rules on it, then such an episode is classified as a last resort foul and is punished with a red card. This paragraph includes not only the deliberate desire of the defender to knock down the attacking football player, but also the deliberate use of his hands to hit the ball flying into the goal.
5. The second is yellow. In football, receiving a second yellow card means that a player must retire from the field. Thus, if a football player commits two violations of the pull on yellow mustard plasters, then after showing the second yellow referee shows the offender a red one.

Interesting fact! The record for the number of red cards in the World Cup belongs to the 1/8 finals (World Cup 2006) Portugal - Netherlands, which was served by Russian Valentin Ivanov and showed 16 yellow and 4 red cards.

Receiving two yellow or straight red cards means skipping the next game for the player. In the matches of the world championship and other well-known tournaments of the planet, if a player received a yellow in one match and also yellow in the next, then he automatically receives a disqualification for the next meeting.

In the matches of the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and other championships, a straight red card can mean a disqualification for a player not for one, but for several matches. It all depends on the type of violation, and the decision of the disciplinary committee or the relevant body.

Also in football, the referee has the right to remove not only the players running on the field, but also substitutes, and even coaches.

There is also a green card in football

In 2016, the first green card in football history was shown by the referee. This happened in the Serie B Italian championship. A card of this color did not mean punishment, but on the contrary was shown when a player did something good, for example, in a controversial situation, he admitted that the ball went out of bounds from him. The green card is like a symbol of fair play.

The second version of the designation of the green card was also recorded. At CONFIFA London, the Green Card was also used for non-FIFA teams. It was used as a disciplinary measure along with yellow and red cards and meant that a player had to leave the field immediately, but could be replaced if the team did not use all substitutions. The players who received the green card were not suspended from the next match of their team.

The most famous red card in football history

In the 2006 World Cup final, the teams of Italy and France met. Already in the 7th minute of the match, Marco Materazzi fouled in his own penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty. The captain of the "tricolors" Zinedine Zidane cold-bloodedly executed the 11-meter kick, breaking through the "panenka". 1: 0 in favor of France, but already in the 19th minute of the game, Marco Materazzi closed the cross by Andrea Pirlo and equalized the score.

10 minutes before the end of extra time and penalties approaching, Zidane and Materazzi were spotted in a verbal skirmish, after which France's tenth number hit his head in the chest of the Italian center-back. The head referee did not notice this incident, but the fourth referee informed him of the incident and he showed a direct red card to Zidane. It was a provocation and Materazzi later admitted it himself. In that dialogue, the Italian insulted his sister Ziza, who did not tolerate this and decided to punish Materazzi right on the field with a powerful blow to the head.

In all sports games, a set of rules for the conduct of participants during the competition is stipulated and football is no exception.

Soccer game- a dynamic, gambling and traumatic sport.

After all, even an accidental hit with the spiked part of the boot on an opponent can disable a player for up to several weeks, as well as the consequences of an intentionally inflicted injury.

Therefore, it is necessary to observe the principles of sports behavior.

A bit of history about the appearance and meaning of yellow and red cards

To regulate the behavior of the players, the referee has special multi-colored cards in his arsenal. Every color means a misconduct committed by a participant.

• Yellow is a warning.
• Red - disqualification.

Where did the cards come from, and why in a football game?

The first idea of ​​using cards on the football field was proposed by British referee Ken Aston. But, his practical initiative went unnoticed until one incident in 1966.

In the quarter finals, which took place at the World Cup between Argentina and England, the following story happened.

The Latin American player has grossly violated the rules of football. The German referee, who, of course, was fluent in German, failed to explain to the player what the offense was. The captain of the Argentine national team had to leave the field, but did not understand why? Moreover, I did not understand for about 10 minutes.

Because of this, the match had to be stopped for some time in order to find out the circumstances of the incident and to resolve the situation.

After such an absurd tragicomedy FIFA Association appreciated the previously proposed option with cards. Now yellow and red squares are used to punish or remove a player who violates the rules and discipline of the competition.

• The cards have been officially used since 1970.
• FIFA now has regulations with detailed guidelines for football players.
• The regulation explains for what kind of offense one or another degree of punishment threatens, and the cards themselves are made like a traffic light.

According to the rules, the cards are shown to the players by the chief field referee, and no one else.

Yellow card

This is a punishment for such offenses as:

• improper behavior of a football player during a match;
• for an athlete entering the field without the permission of the referee;
• for a willful decision to leave the field during the game process, without the consent of the referee;
• for disputes with the referee due to frequent violations of the Game Code;
• for red tape during a football match, which teams with a scoreboard like to abuse;
• if a player breaks the distance with various free kicks on the ball, the referee is often forced to present the so-called yellow card, that is, a yellow card;
• for simulating a push or strike, a player can also earn a yellow square.

With the combination of two yellow warnings in one match, the offending player is disqualified until the end of the game. Moreover, the coach does not have the right to substitute. That is, the team remains in the minority and is forced to give all the best in order not to lose or retain the advantage.

If a player receives one yellow card in a match, then a second yellow card in the next game, then he loses the right to participate in the next official game for your team. This alignment can be critical in semifinal and final competitions if the player is very significant and the coach does not have an equivalent replacement.

Red card

Red means sending off before the end of the match without the right to substitute. In some cases, disqualification extends for several official games.

The red card is assigned:

• for non-verbal violations of the rules with excessive aggression, for example, gesticulations and offensive words addressed to the players or the referee;
• for a gross hindrance to the opponent, who foiled a possible goal, including from the side of the goalkeeper - in this case, until the end of the match, the goalkeeper is replaced by a field player, and the offending team plays out in the minority.
• for hitting an opponent with any part of the body, the referee has the right to remove the player for up to 4 matches.
• for hitting the ball with a straight leg during selection;
• for pushing or attacking a player, while the teams enter the field, a rowdy may be disqualified for up to 3 matches.

In international competitions, the rules for burning yellow cards before one second of the final and decisive game may apply.

For the future, FIFA plans to distribute yellow cards head coaches for inappropriate behavior... And also prepares other clarifications to the rules, which are still being tested in test mode.

The practice of using flashcards helped to reduce time of stopping the game, eliminates excessive simulation and limits the aggression of opponents. Nevertheless, even a minute pause brings down the intensity and staginess of the match, much to the regret of the fans.