Gianni Infantino: “FIFA completely rejects blue cards”

MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, stated this Friday that the institution he heads “completely rejects” the introduction of blue cards in professional football, as this matter could be discussed during the 138th Annual General Meeting of the International Board (IFAB).

«No, no blue card will be used at the elite level. This is a topic that does not exist for us. FIFA completely rejects blue cards. “I was not aware of this issue, I am the president of FIFA and FIFA has a seat in the IFAB,” Infantino told Sky Sports after arriving in Glasgow for said meeting.

«So I don’t know… If you want the headline, it’s ‘red card to blue card’. I don’t know if this makes sense, but no, no way. We have to be serious. We are always open at IFAB and FIFA to look for ideas or proposals, and each proposal and idea has to be treated with respect, of course,” added the FIFA president.

“But once you look at it, you also have to protect the game, the essence of the game, the tradition of the game. And there will be no blue cards,” Infantino repeated on the eve of the IFAB studying the incorporation of temporary sanctions to the current football regulations.