If you are playing in one of the World Cup teams, then you'd better be taking this in: the disciplinary record of all the teams playing is quite appalling in that no match has been played so far without at least one player being booked. In addition, four players have already been red-carded and in addition to their team having to play the rest of the 90 minutes a man down, the red-carded player also has to sit out the next match. Also, if the same player gets booked in two different matches within the same half of the tournament, the player has to sit out his team's next game but only if the next match is taking place within the same tournament. I don't mind the vuvuzelas, but you need to clean your team out with a Karcher, especially if one of the players on your team has already been booked or sent off.
New Zealand drew 1-1 against Slovakia. There were 3 bookings, including one from when Winston Reid removed his shirt after scoring for the All Whites in injury time. I think when someone's doing that, they're a big show-off and they need to be put in their place, and a yellow or red card will do just that. Or maybe they should also disallow the goal, which was what the ref should have done with Maradona's "Hand of God" goal.
Then, it was Cote d'Ivoire (previously known as Ivory Coast) versus Portugal. Three yellow cards were issued (all in the first half), and the match ended with no goals being scored.
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