Uefa Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina Has Picking Up a Deliberate Booking Will Result in a Two Match Ban

Uefa's chief refereeing officer has made it clear to be action will be taken against players who pick up a yellow on purpose and added that serious foul play will be punished harder and Uefa refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina has revealed that players and the deliberately pick up a booking in order to receive a suspension will now receive a two match ban.

The matter became an issue last season when Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho instructed Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso to pick up a booking in a penultimate Champions League group stage match against Ajax 4-0 win in a order to be banned for the next fixture for a players who deliberately provoke a yellow card to receive a suspension will receive for a two-match ban and that clear you cannot decide when you want to be suspended, Collina said to uefa.com.

The Italian then went on to state that it's Uefa's task to protect players against dangerous tackles and we do not want to see broken legs of a have to avoid the potential for a player to see his health endangered by someone else and we do not need doctors on the pitch for a have to convince players not to put the safety of an opponent in the danger of a respecting opponents and protecting players is one of our main objectives.