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RULE CHANGE BEHIND RED CARD FOR ALMIRON
The New Indian Express Vellore
|June 21, 2026
IN the late game on Friday, Paraguay’s Miguel Almiron was handed a straight red after appearing to speak to Turkiye’s Mert Mulder. Here’s why the referee had no choice but to send him off.
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What did Almiron do?
The Paraguay attacker covered his mouth before appearing to speak to Mulder during first-half stoppage time. As soon as the incident happened, Mulder complained to the ref. After review, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) sent the on-field referee (Salvador’s Ivan Barton) to have a look at the pitchside monitor. Once he saw what happened, he issued a red.
This story is from the June 21, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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