Mesut Ozil has taken a cheeky swipe at Atletico Madrid following information of the upcoming introduction of blue playing cards.
It emerged on Thursday that soccer is ready to trial a sin-bin system, utilizing revolutionary blue playing cards to ship gamers to the sidelines for a interval of 10 minutes as punishment for both a cynical foul or dissent towards an official.
Reacting to the information, ex-Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder Ozil joked that Atletico, who’ve developed a repute for darkish arts below supervisor Diego Simeone, are likeliest to face intervals the place a number of gamers are off the pitch. Taking to X, he wrote: “So Atletico Madrid will only play with 6 players then?”
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The idea behind the introduction of blue playing cards is that the quantity of tactical fouling will likely be diminished as a result of the advantage of, say, tactically stopping a counter-attack is not well worth the punishment. Previously, gamers would fortunately take a yellow card if it meant stopping a possible goalscoring alternative, reminiscent of when Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini pulled Bukayo Saka’s shirt to cease an England assault within the Euro 2020 closing.
Referees have additionally been making an attempt to clamp down on dissent this season, with yellow playing cards issued to gamers who go overboard with their protests, however the hope is blue playing cards will eradicate the behaviour altogether.
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The new protocol states that if a participant receives two blue playing cards throughout match, she or he will likely be robotically issued with a pink card. Similarly, if a participant receives a blue card and a yellow card in the identical sport, a pink card will likely be awarded.
The daring new system, which is ready to be formally introduced by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on Friday, will initially be trialled at decrease ranges, and if profitable, might be trialled in elite competitions such because the FA Cup as early as subsequent season. Providing all trials go as deliberate, blue playing cards will likely be rolled out in any respect ranges of the sport internationally.
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A sin-bin system has labored efficiently in rugby for a few years and it is understood IFAB wish to pinch one other of the game’s guidelines, which might see solely staff captains allowed to talk to referees about resolution.
Ozil, who gained the World Cup with Germany in 2010, performed 159 occasions for Real Madrid and was a part of the title successful facet which blitzed La Liga’s factors report in 2011/12. He joined Arsenal in 2013 and went on to make over 250 appearances for the membership, successful 4 FA Cups. He hung up his boots final 12 months aged 34 following stints in Turkey with Fenerbahce and Istanbul Balsaksehir.