What they mean by mistaken identity is that the wrong player was booked
It should have been the swiss player not the argentine.
Its a stupid name for the rule though,
Its a stupid rule too. If he'd only given a foul and not booked the argentine the swiss player would still have cheated but stayed on the pitch.
Posted By: matgore on July 12th 2026 at 13:06:42
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- Why did I think that VAR would not review yellow cards? (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Jul 12, 09:18:05
- how was it mistaken identity - just an incorrect yellow (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 12, 09:46:30
- Exactly (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Jul 12, 11:09:27
- A good mistake (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 11:20:08
- Ironic, they finally give the argies a yellow (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 12, 11:24:30
- Ironic, they finally give the series (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 12, 11:23:50
- A good mistake (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 11:20:08
- Exactly (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Jul 12, 11:09:27
- Mistaken identity rule, which I don’t think it was but hey (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 12, 09:25:31
- Embolo incredibly stupid (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 12, 09:30:59
- Cost me a semi too (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 09:32:02
- Yeah he deserved it but wrong process (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 09:29:32
- It happened in another World Cup match too (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jul 12, 10:02:57
- Yes that example is in the tweet he’s replying to (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 10:08:19
- But they used it for the same thing before (Other Football) - Kangol Canary, Jul 12, 09:51:10
- Yes I thought that as soon as he went to the monitor (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 12, 09:38:17
- What they mean by mistaken identity is that the wrong player was booked (Other Football) - matgore, Jul 12, 13:06:42
- It happened in another World Cup match too (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jul 12, 10:02:57
- Embolo incredibly stupid (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 12, 09:30:59
- how was it mistaken identity - just an incorrect yellow (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 12, 09:46:30
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