Serie A

[DonAK]

We wont commit that many fouls. So it is all fine.

Bayer Leverkusen might look for those fouls outside the box. Roma too.

 

[Flavia]

Serie B introduces green cards for referees to reward good behaviour

Good behaviour is to be rewarded in Serie B this season with referees given a new green card to brandish when players conduct themselves well.
In addition to the normal yellow and red cards, referees are to carry a green card to show in an attempt to promote fair play and sporting gestures.
According to La Stampa, the new system -- which is being introduced on a trial basis -- will come in to effect around the fourth or fifth round of matches.

The innovative idea is for players who conduct themselves well, either by playing the ball out for an injury, or helping the referee with his decision making when he committed a foul which was not seen or touched the ball on its way out if the referee wrongly gives a goal kick, to receive a green card.
Although it has not yet been decided what advantages -- if any -- teams will gain from their players receiving green cards, it is hoped the gesture will be enough to make the game more sporting and set an example to those who disregard the rules.
At the end of the season, a classification will determine an overall fair-play winner, with the leading player likely to win a trophy like the top goalscorer award.
The green card has already been experimented at various youth levels.




Kind of makes sense to use it in youth levels, but not so much for grown men

 

[Chainsaw]

Make stadiums, not green cards.

 

[Deco 20]

I'll play in Serie B so I can move to America one day

 

[Darko]

Lol, "green card", a pretty cool concept btw, at least now players have some incentive to play fair would also be cool if they got some football related bonuses, like a higher place starting match in the cup or europa league qualification. Because there isn't really a reason to not dive/playact currently, 90% of the time you don't even get a yellow for diving so the risk\reward is laughable.

 

[khaled_a_d]

The innovative idea is for players who conduct themselves well, either by playing the ball out for an injury

so players will be shown card when playing the ball out for an injury

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Will be funny when a player gets a green and a red card in the same game.

 

[Chainsaw]

Will be funny when a player gets a green and a red card in the same game.

Yep. Stupid thing this green card.

 

[BigBarcaBoy]

no danger of people like de rossi getting a green card, unless he decides to move to america

 

[DonAK]

Should focus on development(stadiums as Razor said or simply improving grass root levels) instead of wasting their time on these pointless ideas.

 

[Ode to Django]

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

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[Barcaman]

Juve barely scrapped a draw vs. Chievo. And with a gifted penalty too

 

[DonAK]

Juventus' gonna struggle since they have no midfield whatsoever. They need Marchisio and Pogba to be in prime form this season to compensate for the loss of Pirlo(even though he wasn't doing that well) and Vidal, especially Vidal.

Interesting season in Italy. Maybe some other team will manage to snatch the throne away from Turin.

 

[Chainsaw]

Probable line-ups for tonight.

There are conflicting reports about whether or not Miranda will make it after the injury he's received during the international break.