{"id":737508,"date":"2026-07-01T19:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737508\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:43:14","slug":"why-world-cup-get-red-cards-for-covering-their-mouths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737508\/","title":{"rendered":"Why World Cup get red cards for covering their mouths"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Cup<\/a> players were warned before the tournament about a new rule that would result in an immediate red card for anyone covering their mouth<\/a> when verbally confronting another player.<\/p>\n

Officials are actively enforcing that rule change.<\/p>\n

The latest incident came on Tuesday night<\/a> when Ecuador defender Piero Hincapi\u00e9 was sent off in second-half stoppage time of his team\u2019s 2-0 loss to Mexico<\/a> in the round of 32. The red card didn\u2019t impact the outcome of the match, which ended moments later.<\/p>\n

Hincapi\u00e9\u2019s red card came after an exchange with Mexico forward Santi Gim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n

Why did FIFA establish the new rule?<\/p>\n

FIFA established the new rule to prevent players from hiding abusive, discriminatory or offensive language while on the field.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed the \u201cPrestianni Law,\u201d rules for red cards to players at the World Cup<\/a> were added because of a controversy in international soccer this year.<\/p>\n

FIFA president Gianni Infantino pushed for changes after Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni tried to hide verbal insults toward Real Madrid forward Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in a Champions League match. Soccer\u2019s rule-making panel, the International Football Association Board, agreed that players can be penalized with a red card if they cover their mouths when verbally confronting another player.<\/p>\n

The rule is not mandatory within the Laws of the Game<\/a> but gives tournament organizers like FIFA the option to use it at their discretion.<\/p>\n

The rule change was unanimously approved by IFAB, which includes officials from FIFA and the four British soccer federations, at a special meeting ahead of the FIFA Congress. FIFA\u2019s proposal followed Vin\u00edcius, backed by Real Madrid teammate Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, accusing Prestianni of making a racially charged insult while raising his jersey to cover his mouth during the game in February.<\/p>\n

Is Piero Hincapi\u00e9 the only player who has received a red card at the World Cup?<\/p>\n

No. Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almir\u00f3n<\/a> was the first player to be punished under the new rule when he was sent off in a group match against Turkey for covering his mouth<\/a> during a confrontation with defender Mert Mulder.<\/p>\n

Paraguay won 1-0, but Almiron missed Paraguay\u2019s final group game against Australia. FIFA said that decision was not subject to appeal.<\/p>\n

What does it mean when a player receives a red card at the World Cup?<\/p>\n

If a player is shown a red card by an official, he is ejected from the match and must serve a one-game suspension in the following match.<\/p>\n

The team is forced to play the remainder of the match with 10 players \u2014 putting them at a huge disadvantage \u2014 but is allowed to start the following match at full strength with 11 players, just not the suspended player. ___<\/p>\n

See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup players were warned before the tournament about a new rule that would result in an immediate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2356,14271,4122,7183,8363,2822,2808,9092,793,681,108283,7185,3140,26,311417,6747,9602,1997,2005,35381,317220,4898,403,18598,99,795],"class_list":["post-737508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-california","tag-central-america","tag-ecuador","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-fl-state-wire","tag-florida","tag-ga-state-wire","tag-general-news","tag-georgia","tag-gianluca-prestianni","tag-gianni-infantino","tag-latin-america","tag-mexico","tag-miguel-almiron","tag-missouri","tag-mo-state-wire","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-paraguay","tag-piero-hincapi","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-south-america","tag-sports","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}