“Pink card”.. for the primary time within the “Copa America” event matches

Paraguay – The South American Soccer Confederation (CONMEBOL) confirmed that the pink card will seem for the primary time within the 2024 Copa America competitions in the US with the participation of 16 groups.

The event is scheduled to be held from June 20 to July 14 subsequent.

The pink card will probably be a part of a system that enables groups to implement an extra substitution throughout matches in accordance with Article 96 of the event laws.

CONMEBOL confirmed that within the occasion of suspected head accidents or concussion, a sixth substitution might be given to maintain the gamers’ well being.

A CONMEBOL assertion stated: “The Conmebol Competitions and Operations Division introduced that, along with the 5 substitutions allowed for every group based on the laws, a sixth attainable substitution will probably be added to maintain the well being of the soccer gamers. This extra substitution is taken into account an choice within the occasion of a suspected head harm or concussion.” .

When the group decides to make a substitution resulting from a suspected concussion, it should inform the primary referee or the fourth official. On this substitution, a pink card is used, which differs from different substitute playing cards.

If an everyday substitution is made concurrently a suspected concussion substitution, the extra substitution alternative is deducted, and when a group has used all regular substitution alternatives, it can not use the suspected concussion substitution to make an everyday substitution.

When a substitution is used resulting from a suspected concussion, the opposing group is robotically given the chance for an extra substitution, and the primary referee or the fourth official is knowledgeable of this. This extra alternative can solely be used to make an extra substitution, not for normal substitutions.

A participant who suffers a suspected concussion is prohibited from returning to the match or collaborating in penalty kicks, and if the chance exists, he have to be taken to the locker room or the medical middle.

Group docs should then full an in depth report outlining the outcomes of the concussion evaluation and submit it to the Soccer Affiliation’s Medical Committee inside 24 hours, no matter whether or not the participant is substituted or not, GOAL.COM reported.

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