Historical! Portuguese women's football debuts the 'white card'

A moment so unusual like historical lived in the minute 44 of the party that contested Benfica and Sporting Clube by the quarter-finals of the Taça of feminine Portugal. The local had to launch a corner from the left when the jueza main, Catarina Branco, detained the party to show a white card to two medical assistants, one of each club. The reason: both atinaron in assisting to a fanatical that had dispelled in the grandstand.

The medical bodies of Benfica and Sporting had to help to an inflates in the derbi feminine by the Taça of Portugal 🇵🇹. After his fast accionar, were recognised with a white card. ⬜️⚽️❤️👏pic.twitter.com/hrju6l9xcy

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Unlike the two statutory cards in the world-wide football, this initiative looks for to recognise the 'fair play' in the parties by disposal of the Federation of Football of Portugal (FPF) and the Board of the International Association of Fútbol. For the moment, the FIFA and the UEFA have not endorsed his use, but the Saturday went in in force in Portugal the card that looks for "to improve the ethical value in the sport".

Finally, the Benfica crushed to the Sporting (5-0) in the Stadium Gives Light in front of more than 15.000 fanatical (record assistance) and advanced to semis of the tournament, where will confront to the FC Famalicãor in an eliminatory to gone and turn that will contest between 15 March and on 30 April. The another key integrate it Knickers and Racing Almada. Both winners will confront on 27 May in the final of the tournament that the Sporting Clube won the past year.

Platini Already had asked a white card, but with another use

During his management like president of the UEFA, Michel Platini had suggested to implement a white card that allowed to sanction to players that protested referee's decisions or had crosses with opponents during the party. The caution would leave to the player 10 minutes was, but Josep Blatter, then president of the FIFA, desestimó his use and the initiative was descartada to international level, without at least implement in some party.

From 1970, the only official cards for his use to international level are yellow and red. In Spain, during the first five years of implementation, the yellow cards were of white colour, until the FIFA unified the colour from 1975 for all the professional and amateur competitions. The Saturday, the feminine football luso began to use the white card, which could extend to other tournaments in brief.