World Cup: Group D: Turkiye vs. Paraguay, 6/19/2026

[koyvoo]

Okay that is really dumb that is a red card

They all know the rule, whether they like it or not.

 

[TMLeafer]

Stupidest red card to take. The rule is clear.

 

[Osprey]

A red card for covering your mouth is wild. What if you're just coughing or sneezing?

 

[NyQuil]

is there a reason for that red card rule?

Well, you can’t lip read them.

 

[BMOK33]

I didn’t know about that rule but what an incredibly dumb thing to do.

I am assuming the player did not know either or figured nobody would really notice it

 

[FinPanda]

You're leading the game and you go and do that to get sent off? Lmao Paraguay

 

[Summer Rose]

What a dumb way to get sent off.

You’re better off just saying it normally.

Moron.

Pretty much, since I'm assuming the VAR's qualifications do not include lip reading potentially upwards of dozens of languages, so if the referee doesn't hear it himself then there's no proof that can be used.

 

[tlk]

They all know the rule, whether they like it or not.

the sort of attitude that turns things into crap

 

[NyQuil]

A red card for covering your mouth is wild. What if you're just coughing or sneezing?

It is an interesting question but I’m fairly certain in this case that he was being a douche.

 

[markpenske]

Players used to hide their mouth to usually yell slurs at opponents so TV couldn't lipread them, so the new rule is that in any confrontation you hide your mouth, it's an automatic red card, lmao

that's a ((((((hand over my mouth)))))) rule

 

[BMOK33]

You're leading the game and you go and do that to get sent off? Lmao Paraguay

Shockingly the game will probably still end only 1-1 anyway, I've always been amazed how most of the time a team playing short rarely if ever leads to them scoring unless they're an elite team or the matchup is lopsided anyway

 

[Live in the Now]

You can tell on video that he’s not coughing. You can blame all the players that called black players monkeys for this rule.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

They all know the rule, whether they like it or not.

Almiron always seemed like such an idiot I feel like there's a half-decent chance he actually didn't.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

A red card for covering your mouth is wild. What if you're just coughing or sneezing?

The facial movements are pretty clear if you sneeze or cough.

 

[ViD]

A red card for covering your mouth is wild. What if you're just coughing or sneezing?

Clearly didn’t want the Turkish guy to catch any Covid

 

[Moncherry]

lol if Turkey still can't score though

 

[NyQuil]

Clearly didn’t want the Turkish guy to catch any Covid

I don’t think his hand is N95 certified.

 

[TMLeafer]

If he was sneezing, coughing or whatever, he'd have protested a lot more imo

 

[Live in the Now]

If they made it a rule and you've been told it's a rule, it's still really f***ing dumb to do it.

The good thing about rules is that you take all the playing innocent and ambiguity out of it. The rule was announced to all the players. Everyone is tired of the game being ruined by this stupid shit and by time wasting and everything else. Rules to get rid of it are way overdue

 

[cgf]

We finns call you Saksa, because of the Saxons, lmao.

You & the Hungarians never count, your languages are too weird

 

[koyvoo]

lol if Turkey still can't score though

Their finishing has been terrible. Whether that changes has little to do with playing a man up. They’ve been creating chances for two games here.

 

[NyQuil]

If he was sneezing, coughing or whatever, he'd have protested a lot more imo

He just kind of looked sheepish.

 

[markpenske]

man, the ref was really enthusiastic too when he made that red card foul

 

[Shocker]

A red card for covering your mouth is wild. What if you're just coughing or sneezing?

It's only in confrontations with the other team

 

[FinPanda]

Now if Turkey can't win this game.. they have a serious scoring issue