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Article: New record for red cards
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2006
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BERLIN -- More red cards have been shown at this World Cup than at
any other, with 12 games remaining.
Sunday's match between Portugal and the Netherlands, in which 16
yellow cards and four reds were shown, brought the total of red cards
in Germany 2006 to 23 in 52 matches.
The previous record was 22 red cards in all 64 matches in the 1998
World Cup in France.
A total of 291 yellow cards have been shown in Germany, more than
the previous record of 272 for the entire competition in Japan and
South Korea four ...