Referee declines to issue red card after apparent violent conduct in World Cup match

After the opening match of the World Cup there has not been another red card. Why is FIFA intentionally depriving us of more red cards for the Red Card report???

It's important to remember that Zidane headbutted a guy in the World Cup final, got a red card, his team lost and afterward said that he didn't regret it. The French are Built Different.

Portugals best chance of winning is a Cristiano red card.

Google Trends email, World Cup edition: 'Search interest in “what is red card in soccer” is at a 15-year high and was the top trending “what is” soccer question over the past week, while “why does america call it soccer” was the top trending “why” soccer question'

Overlooked stat from NED-JPN: Japan have extended their record for consecutive World Cup games without a red card to 26, going all the way back to their maiden 1998 appearance.

that hand around the neck should be a red card

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More reasons to boycott the World Cup. FIFA is corrupt as f*ck anyway. Somali referee Omar Artan has to be flown back to the US and in a widely televised ceremony, should be made to show the red card to Donald Trump. That would be a good start in mending Fifa's sorry reputation.

Messi scores a hat trick in an opener he really should have seen a red card in. I almost forgot how much I hated watching Argentina complain their way to World Cup victories. Maybe Austria can give them a run for their money. 💰 🌎🏆

Bullshit, that’s a red card according to my rule book. 📕

Should have been a red card. Dirty play from Portugal towards the end of this match.

It's not been mentioned much/at all in the build-up to that match, but Cristiano Ronaldo shouldn't have even been playing. His red card against Ireland should have seen him suspended but professional sycophant Gianni Infantino intervened to get his ban amended to one game with two suspended

Good on Congo for standing strong and getting their first goal and first point in a world cup, and against a strong team, but really bad for the refs and VAR not giving Araujo a red card for literally closelining a Congo player running at full speed on a breakaway.

shouldn't that have met the red card threshold of "yeah you can't do that"

Lolz I predict a Croatian win and an England red card Cue the "O IT'S SO UNFAIR!" Although I will say the dodgy refs at this World Cup are numerous