Serious foul play
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.
Verdicts that turn on it 2
Walk a practice scenario to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 5
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 7
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
- Altimira's kick into BatrakovSporting CP vs Galatasaray
- Gordon's tackle on RincónBarcelona vs Athletic Club
- Bruno Guimaraes's stamp on HakimiBrazil vs Morocco
- Guruzeta's boot to Cubarsí's headBarcelona vs Athletic Club
- Messi's studs down Mandi's calfArgentina vs Algeria
- The tackle on Vinicius JuniorBrazil vs Morocco
- Yamal's step on a defenderBarcelona vs Athletic Club
Questions that ask it 3
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
A threshold you can weigh 1
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