Is the blue card incorporated into football?: how it would work and FIFA’s strong clarification before the debate

A flood of blue cards has invaded the timeline of football fans’ social accounts. The reason was a possible change in the rules of the sport, which would have been approved by IFAB (International Football Association Board), the body responsible for amending the various articles. The resulting commotion was such FIFA itself should have made a statement in which he clarifies that, although the discussion is on the agenda of the next meeting on March 2, the information that emerged is not “wrong and premature”.

“Any such testing, if implemented, should be limited to responsible testing at the lowest levels, a position that FIFA intends to reiterate when this agenda item is discussed at the IFAB Annual General Meeting on 2 March”world football’s governing body clarified.

How would the new blue card be used? Referees could use it two particular situations in the game: when there is excessive protests by footballers and with the so-called “tactical fouls”for example the interruption of a promising attack which does not amount to an expulsion. Players who receive this card will be out of the game for 10 minutes, as happens in other sports such as rugby and field hockey..

On the other hand, the accumulation of two blues in the same match will constitute a red. That is, expulsion from the entire match and disqualification for the following match, same result if the blue card is combined with a yellow card.

The IFAB’s goal with this new rule is to limit the number of protests referees receive during a match. “We have identified the bad behavior of the players as a serious problem for football. We are looking at what we can do by changing the rules of the game. A scheduled expulsion could be a greater deterrent than a warning. “There is also a lot of interest from various stakeholders in the idea that only the captain can properly approach the referee.”he pointed Luca Brudmember of the IFAB, on this new card.

These cards are currently used in the youth ranks of Welsh and Swedish football.. The choice of color mainly serves to clearly differentiate it from red and yellow, since, at first, they were thought to be orange.

Elite football leagues and competitions will not use this format for the time being, as they will be excluded from initial testing until the action protocol is perfected. For his part, the English Federation (FA) volunteered so they could test their skills, the FA Cup male and female.

A new meeting on the new protocols for displaying blue cards will be held next Friday and it is expected that it will be made official at the IFAB annual congress which will take place on 2 March and will come into force thereafter. Alessandro Ceferinopresident of of UEFAstressed that they will not be present in the ‘new’ Champions League which will be launched from 2024, but the body that governs the rules of European football could be forced to introduce them if they are officially approved in the regulations.

These new cards will undoubtedly mark a new milestone and revolution in the world of football ever since It will be the first time the card system has been changed since the current red and yellow cards were introduced at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.