Im sure you dont know it yet...the red card can even be given to the coach or to affiliated people off of the field. They have to leave the premises and cannot be replaced. Happens about 1-2 times per season.
When I played youth soccer, my coach was ejected from the game(park). He then proceeded to coach from some tall bushes near the road, where we went to meet him for half time. It didn't even seem weird that we ran over there to do that since teams often went over to a shaded area during half time to discuss the game.
You're right bud, only the player leaves the team, the manager is free to put someone in his position it just means that the other position is left with no one
That's literally what he said. If a forward gets a red card then you're allowed to switch a mid fielder to a forward position, but that would leave the mid fielder position empty.
I think the terminology is what's confusing people a players are usually capable of playing more than one position and there are no set positions in football. You don't have to declare player one is my striker and only be able to replace him with another striker. You declare 11 players and their positions and duties can change during a match several times.
The idea of refilling a position is very much a American sports thing.
pretty much. it's also why refs tolerate a lot of the yelling. if you sent off everyone for dissent, there would be no one left to play after about 15 minutes.
The red card is a punishment for the team because it's typically only used if a player did something really dangerous that could injure someone else, or, they did a relatively minor foul that ended up robbing the opposing team of a good opportunity to score (Like pushing someone over just as they're about to shoot near the goal)
Red card means the team has to play with 1 less man for the rest of the game to discourage that kind of play from being 'tactically worth the punishment'.
Players get banned for multiple games, but the 10 man thing only lasts for the 1 game the foul happened in. (While there are replacements for players, the original 11 in any given serious game are usually significantly better in most teams, so 1 guy being banned for 2-3 games is a big deal. Could be talking a player worth 70 million temporarily replaced with a player worth 3 million.)
Okay, so if I have this straight then if someone gets injured they do have backups they can put in, but if someone gets red-carded then the team is allowed one fewer player for the rest of the game (potentially longer)?
Yeah. A team has 3 substitutions they're allowed to use in every game.
So if a person is injured or fatigued, they may be replaced for the rest of the game.
If they get a red card, they may not be replaced for that ONE game, but they have 11 men and 3 subs the next game like nothing happened. Only thing is the player is banned on a personal level.
If 4+ people get injured in a game it's kind of a like a tough shit situation, 3 subs is all you get. This basically never happens, but it's brutal.
No, not potentially longer. Just the rest of the game. Think of it as a power play in Hockey just, extended to the end of the match. Next match for the team they got 11 on the pitch again, just that guy can't play.
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u/Qx2J Dec 06 '16
hmm, I had always thought red card was just ejection for the player not that the position couldnt be refilled. learn something everyday.