📸 German ref in a brain fade?! International booked twice yellow
📸 German ref in a brain fade?! International booked twice yellow "We were told that Ugarte was shown two yellow cards and that the second one was rescinded, which is news to us," said a visibly irritated Harry Maguire after England's 1-1 draw with Uruguay. Earlier, some bizarre scenes had unfolded in the friendly involving German referee Sven Jablonski.
After a foul in the 70th minute, the referee showed Uruguay's Manuel Ugarte a yellow card. The only problem was that the center-back complained so much eleven minutes later that he was shown a second yellow. And this is exactly where it gets bizarre.
Ugarte was still allowed to keep playing after the second card until he was substituted in the 87th minute. Did we miss a new rule again? Like Maguire, quite a few England players were left completely baffled after the final whistle.
Officially, Ugarte had only been shown one yellow card — why Jablonski still quite clearly held up the yellow card to the defender twice remains unanswered so far. Before the card dilemma, an unpunished stamp on Phil Foden's ankle by Araujo had already caused plenty of anger among the English. Accordingly, Three Lions coach Thomas Tuchel was clearly annoyed after the match: "I didn't think it was a good performance at all.
There was discussion about a player getting two yellow cards in one match but not being sent off. A bad day for him. " Let's hope this display does not negatively affect a potential World Cup appearance.