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⚖ VAR Verdict · Case #169

Paraguay vs France

FIFA World Cup · 2026/2027 · 2026-07-04 · 0-1

Wrong high confidence
Red card — violent conduct
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Incident
Red card — violent conduct
Law cited
Law 12 — kicking or attempting to kick an opponent is violent conduct, and a straight red, when it is a deliberate strike rather than a genuine attempt to play the ball. A player on the ground who kicks out at a standing opponent with the ball far away is not challenging for it.
Recommended action
Straight red for violent conduct — with the ball well away, the grounded defender deliberately kicked the France player's leg, and that is a strike at an opponent, not a challenge.
Referee
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Affected team
On-field decision
No foul was given, no card was shown, and there was no VAR review.
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A Paraguay defender, already on the ground with the ball well away, deliberately kicked out at a France player's leg — and received no punishment of any kind, with no VAR review. This is a clear missed red card. A deliberate kick at an opponent when not playing the ball is violent conduct under Law 12, which is a straight red. With the ball far from the incident there is no "playing the ball" defence, and because violent conduct is reviewable, VAR's silence compounds the error. WRONG DECISION, high confidence.

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