Bizarre Moment- Referee Brandishes WHITE CARD For The First Time EVER In Football Match In Portugal
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Football history was made on Saturday when a white card, which recognizes fair play, was shown for the first time during a match in Portugal.
Red and yellow cards for fouls and misdemeanors have been an integral part of the sport for decades, but Portugal has introduced a white one as part of a series of new initiatives in the country.
Referee Catarina Campos brandished the card – shown to recognize and encourage fair play – during a women's cup clash between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica in Lisbon at the weekend in a first for the game.
Shortly before half-time in the Taca de Portugal Feminina match – the Portuguese equivalent of the Women's FA Cup – the official showed the card as she would have a red or yellow, and received a good reception from the crowd at the Estadio da Luz.
Platini suggested the white card to help combat the 'craze of contesting the referee', which he branded a veritable epidemic in football'.
The Frenchman's ideas went no further – and Portugal's white card appears to be a Portuguese-led initiative rather than anything led by the International Football Association Board.
Benfica eventually won 5-0 in front of 15,032 fans – a record attendance for a women's football match in Portugal – to progress to the semi-finals of the competition.
Their men's side was also victorious as they won 3-0 away at Santa Clara. Enzo Fernandez was among those involved and it has since emerged that Chelsea is reportedly back in for the World Cup-winning midfielder. ........
Red and yellow cards for fouls and misdemeanors have been an integral part of the sport for decades, but Portugal has introduced a white one as part of a series of new initiatives in the country.
Referee Catarina Campos brandished the card – shown to recognize and encourage fair play – during a women's cup clash between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica in Lisbon at the weekend in a first for the game.
Shortly before half-time in the Taca de Portugal Feminina match – the Portuguese equivalent of the Women's FA Cup – the official showed the card as she would have a red or yellow, and received a good reception from the crowd at the Estadio da Luz.
Platini suggested the white card to help combat the 'craze of contesting the referee', which he branded a veritable epidemic in football'.
The Frenchman's ideas went no further – and Portugal's white card appears to be a Portuguese-led initiative rather than anything led by the International Football Association Board.
Benfica eventually won 5-0 in front of 15,032 fans – a record attendance for a women's football match in Portugal – to progress to the semi-finals of the competition.
Their men's side was also victorious as they won 3-0 away at Santa Clara. Enzo Fernandez was among those involved and it has since emerged that Chelsea is reportedly back in for the World Cup-winning midfielder. ........