الأرجنتين vs سويسرا

Embolo went down under a Paredes challenge and the referee first booked Paredes; after a VAR review the referee judged it a dive, rescinded Paredes' yellow and cautioned Embolo for simulation — a second yellow, so a red. This is correct on substance and process. The fall is a clear dive with no foul, so the caution belongs to Embolo and Paredes' card is rightly wiped; and the 2026 World Cup's expanded mistaken-identity protocol expressly lets VAR move a card shown to the wrong player, provided a card was issued — the same mechanism used for the Almirón/Ream dive in USA v Paraguay. As simulation is only a yellow, the dismissal stands as a second caution. CORRECT DECISION, medium confidence — it rests on the dive being clear and on Embolo carrying an earlier booking.