What is FIFA doing to balance the yellow card distribution between newcomers and their European counterparts?Good teams have been sent home because their star players missed games as a result of two yellow cards. If FIFA doesn't correct this, great soccer teams will continue to be booted from the game while mediocre ones will emerge as victors!!!
2006-07-07 03:44:49 · 13 answers · asked by Troy Love 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
you are not seing the big picture. Referees were too soft with europeans, especially when they played against non-european teams.
2006-07-07 04:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by ramonsao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok before you make a statement like this please get the facts right. I am giving you all the stats below There were a total of14
European teams competing in this world cup. These teams received a total of 159 yellow cards and 16 red cards in a total of 62 games.
There were 4 Asian teams that played in 12 games and received 29 yellow cards and no red cards.
There were 5 African teams that played 16 games, and received 62 yellow and 5 red cards.
CONCACAF: 3 teams, 10 games, 25 yellows and 3 reds.
South America: 4 teams, 17 games, 40 yellows, and 1 red.
According to this (you also have to realize European teams participated in more games and as the games go on they become more concious of getting pnealized from cards and missing the next round)
European teams received: 2.56 yellow cards and , .26 red cards per game.
Asian teams: 2.42 yellow cards per game played and no red cards.
CONCACAF: 2.31 yellow cards per game and .06 red cards per game
Thi is just a summary. It has nothing to do with them committing less foul. I think the cards were at times harsh, the referees were not good but everything was equally distributed. Some say well the Italians got a PK against the Aussies that wasnt, well we also got a guy sent off in the same game that was not justified. Or Ghana, as some people claim African teams were being cheated qualified to the next round because of the ridoiculous PK call agains the US. I dont even like the US team, and I do like Ghana, but it is a fact.
By the way I am Italian.
I did not put Trinidad and Australia in any of these groups as they are no in them :)
2006-07-07 12:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by PANCHO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think (FOR THE MOST PART) european teams do play a cleaner game, especially compared to African/Caribbean/Hispanic & S American sides
You may have hit on something by pointing out newcomers - if they're not used to playing on the international stage, it stands to reason that they may well play a less disciplined game.
2006-07-07 10:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true the team with most yellow cards was Portugal and they are european it depends how they play not because of there nationalities
2006-07-07 10:48:19 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not agree with european getting less cards (seeing portugal and holland), but there are teams who are not getting cards/fouls against them as they should. Italy and Germany are clear examples, and your point when you said mediocre teams actually emerge as victors is right, and we are seeing it in the final
2006-07-07 10:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by Michael B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think so, it depends on the football style played by each team, and mainly teams that depend on defensive football tend to get more yellow cards. Not all European teams play alike.
2006-07-07 10:55:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be stupid, Portugal only got those cards because of the stupid Russian referee. When Portugal ended the group stage we didn't have more cards than anyone else. And why do you speak of Portugal? Holland got the same, of course we now have more because we progressed to the next stages. You biased bums!
PS: Troy Love, sorry, this answer isn't aimed at you of course!
2006-07-07 11:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by Atomin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously didn't see the game between Portugal and the Netherlands. There were so many cards it wasn't funny. And the game got out of hand; I think there could have been more.
2006-07-07 10:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why should a team depend totally on one player thats totally wrong, see Brazil, u know that any sub can score a goal and thats what european teams should do heck every team should do that. they don have to depend on one player ok they have to have star players but not 100% depend on them. i think the rule is fine as the players should think before actions.
2006-07-19 08:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by STEEL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never looked at it that way before.
2006-07-07 10:51:57 · answer #10 · answered by socasoccer@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋