Apart fromJosipSimunic in therecent Australia-Croatia match, has anyotherplayerin a World Cupbeenawarded threeyellow cards in a single match before being shown the red card?
It barely made any difference, before England were handed a lifeline in the shape of a penalty by the eagle-eyed assistant referee, who spotted JosipSimunic tugging back Defoe.
His international career came to a controversial end when he failed to dismiss Croatia defender JosipSimunic after showing him a second yellow card in the game against Australia, and only sent him off after showing him a third.