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Viral round red card, makes curious fans who see it

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There is a viral moment that is busy being discussed from a fight Cup FOUR on weekends. That moment involves presence red card round

One of the FA Cup fourth round matches presented the Wrexham vs Sheffield United duel. The game was played at the Racecourse Ground, with a final score of 3-3.

In addition to the six goals presented in the match Cup FOUR Meanwhile, attention was also drawn to the moment in the 71st minute when Sheffield’s Daniel Jebbison received a red card.

SportBible said, the red card that was held up by referee Dean Whitestone occurred because of an incident that did not involve the ball directly.

After that, many netizens discussed this moment. Apart from being controversial, it is also due to the shape the red card; not square as usual, but round.

“People are confused why Jebbison got a red card, but I’m more surprised by the ‘card’, which is round in shape,” wrote one netizen.

“Has anyone seen a round red card? I’ve never seen it,” said another.

Another netizen was even more surprised because there was a difference in form with a yellow card. “Wait, so the red is round, but the yellow is still square? I’m really getting curious now.”

A discussion on the referee forum then emerged, trying to explain the existence of the round red card.

“The round card was originally used to ‘help’ players who could not distinguish colors. It was also used to help referees who wanted to pick up cards quickly, because their shape would allow them to tell what color they were going to pull out.”

This round card case was actually used regularly by former referee Uriah Rennie. During his tenure in the Premier League in the 1997-2009 period, Rennie made several appearances red card round to top figures such as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Alan Shearer, Oleg Luzhny, to Roy Keane.

(krs/nds)

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