Olympic Times – Sports Daily

The new yellow card rules could dramatically alter match-ups in the next two rounds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In past Finals, the yellow card slate would be wiped clean after the group matches.  This created the problem that a player getting a second yellow in the semi-final wold miss the final. This happened a few times, most significantly to Michael Ballack in the 2002 final. FIFA changed …

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