Soccer/Football

jakeXT

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7. What surprised me years ago was a red card against a goalkeeper for using his hands outside

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jun 2014

the penalty area

He became the first goalkeeper to be sent off in a World Cup match, when he was dismissed for handling outside his area against Norway at the 1994 tournament in the USA. However, he returned after suspension to feature from the quarter-finals onwards with his team losing to Brazil in a penalty shootout. Despite the loss, Pagliuca became the first ever goalkeeper to save a penalty from a shootout in a World Cup final, denying Marcio Santos his shot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluca_Pagliuca

What I learned today is that Uruguay has a pretty bad red card record

The countries with the most red cards at World Cup finals are Brazil (11), Argentina (10) and Uruguay (9)
Taking into account only those countries who have played in at least three finals, the Aussies come out on top having received four reds in 10 matches — a ‘red rate’ of 40 per cent
The ‘cleanest’ country — all major nations have shared 159 reds since 1930 — are Spain, with only one red card in 56 World Cup finals matches

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2658007/Brazil-red-cards-World-Cup-history-nation-tops-charts-dirtiest-nation.html