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⚖ VAR Verdict · Case #167

Paraguay vs France

FIFA World Cup · 2025/2026 · 2026-07-04 · 0-1

Correct medium confidence
Red card — violent conduct
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Incident
Red card — violent conduct
Law cited
Law 12 — Fouls and Misconduct. Using the arm or elbow against an opponent is violent conduct or serious foul play only when it is a striking action delivered with force, typically to a dangerous area such as the head or face.
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No card is correct on this contact. The arm caught Mbappé's arm / upper body rather than the head, and there was no forceful striking action to a dangerous area — so it does not meet the threshold for violent conduct.
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On-field decision
No card
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In a heated match, Matías Galarza swung an arm into Mbappé and no card was shown. This is correct: an arm or elbow is only violent conduct when it is a forceful strike, above all to the head. Here the contact was to the arm / upper body, not the head, so it falls short of a sending-off — no card is right. The line is where and how hard it lands: the same swing to the face would be a straight red. CORRECT DECISION, medium confidence (hinges on the contact being the arm, not the head).

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