Yellow and red cards are the constant stars of football, and in the Italian Serie B (the second quality class), referees will now also keep a green card in their pocket. Vincenzo striker Christian Galano was the first in history to receive a card, which the referee shows to a football player for fair play.
No, this is not a joke. Green card in football sends important messages to the world. Fair moves count and are now also rewarded. We have witnessed many in the past noble gestures, which inspired and warmed the hearts of the viewers, and now the actors themselves will have something of it, even if only on a symbolic level. While they are yellow and red card penalty, the green card is different from the one given in field hockey, award. League leadership Serie B thereby hoping they will improved the general image of Italian football, which is considered one of the roughest. He can also receive a green card coach or fan.
The Vicenza striker was the first in the history of football to see the green Christian Galano, which is on the showdown with the away team Virtus Entella of the main right hander Marco Mainardi pointed out the referee's error, who awarded as his team, even though he was goalless. For those who are interested in the outcome of the match, the home team won 4:1.
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”Football needs positive messages ... Every player will be able to earn this symbolic reward with just a small action. He will be rewarded if he sends the ball out of the field when a player is injured or if he assists the referee. In the best case, the player will admit that there was no offense against him," he said, accompanying the decision on the green card Serie B president Andrea Abodi and continued that "our basic desire is a clean and fair league competition, which we will achieve even with such actions."
Although it sounds like it is easy to get, the sad fact is that the green card has been valid since January 2016 and that we had to wait three quarters of a year for the first award. To a football player who will collect during the season the most green cards, otherwise the league will award a special prize at the end.
