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🇺🇸 vs 🇧🇦United States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina·FIFA World Cup 2026, Round of 32·Jul 1, 2026

Barbarez's thrown ball

Barbarez held onto the ball and then threw it at a United States player, and Law 12 prints both as sending-offs

Referee error
On-field decision
🟨Yellow card
Correct decision
🟥Red card
What was given
Yellow card to Barbarez
The call
Red card. Throwing the ball at an opposing player is physical or aggressive behaviour, which is on Law 12's sending-off list for team officials, and holding onto the ball to delay the opponents' restart is on the same list independently.
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