FIFA's Yellow Card Conundrum: When Consistency Trumps Sentiment The World Cup is a tournament of drama, intrigue, and controversy, and even FIFA's governing body can't escape criticism.
The latest case in point is the rejection of France's appeal against Michael Olise's yellow card in their win over Paraguay.
Replays showed little contact between Olise and Matias Galarza during the incident, but emotions ran high at the time, making it easy to see why FIFA would uphold the booking.