Taking a red card in the 9th minute of play is not crazy. But then taking a confetti-shaped red card in the 9th minute of play, where do we place him on the scale of losing for Joao Gomes? During the third round of the FA Cup between Brentford and Wolverhampton on Friday, the Wolves player was sent off at the start of the match after a tackle on the Achilles heel of Dane Christian Norgaard and the man in black, Tony Harrington, came off a round-shaped cardboard box. So, just a joke, forgetting the real cardboard in the locker rooms? Not really.
According to the site SportBible, who delved into a forum for referees, this circular red card would, in reality, be a help for players, such as color blind people, who do not really differentiate colors. Thus, they would “understand” the color of the cardboard better if yellow and red had two different geometric shapes.
Another possibility, this different shape would also allow the referee to better know which card to take from his little pocket without any hesitation. The site reports that such a card had already been used by referee Dean Whitestone last year, still in the FA Cup, during the replay of the fourth round between Wrexham and Sheffield United.