Are cards shown too freely? World Cup 2026 on course for record reds

Are cards shown too freely? World Cup 2026 on course for record reds The flood of send-offs at the FIFA World Cup shows no signs of stopping. After three players were sent off straight away in the opening match between Mexico and South Africa, another red card was shown today. In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1–4 defeat to Switzerland, Tarik Muharemovic picked up the fourth World Cup sending-off in just the 24th match of the tournament. For comparison: at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the same number of players were sent off over the course of the entire tournament. Are cards simply being handed out more easily at this World Cup? At the fairytale summer of 2006, the current World Cup record was set with 28 send-offs (9 straight reds, 19 second-yellow reds). So it could still get worse. But the current World Cup is on course, since there are still 79 World Cup matches scheduled over the coming weeks.  This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.