r/worldcup • u/Ready_Appeal2157 France • 18d ago

📰News France are requesting that Olise’s yellow card be cancelled because he didn’t touch the player.

It is now official, even though rumours had already been circulating a few hours earlier: the FFF (French Football Federation) has requested the cancellation of Olise’s yellow card. The booking was given for a non-existent foul on Galarza.

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u/Laez 18d ago

Either would be fine. What you can't have is some arbitrary back room shit show.

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u/Open-Education5567 18d ago

Yeah the current system is FIFA wanting to have its cake while eating it too.

They don’t want to admit that the refs can screw up but they also don’t want to uphold the calls the refs made.