In theory, a football referee has two official ways to communicate to players that a foul they have committed was more than just a normal foul: the yellow card for one level of roughness, and the red card for a second. In practice, though, as I was reminded watching the Lugano-Basel match today, the referee has a further, unofficial way to tell the players about the degree or quantity of their fouls: they give them a verbal warning that a foul was close to being worthy of a yellow card, and add that their next foul will earn them the official warning. Referees, then, have added nuance to the official rules. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 19 January 2025)
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