The Red Card Paradox

Reuter's columnist called it The Red Card Paradox, while FIFA governing body, off course, loves red cards.. here read this:
"Already, with 50 matches completed and 14 still to come, 19 red cards have been shown -- two more than in the whole of the 2002 World Cup. The all-time record of 22 reds shown in France in 1998 is likely to be broken some time this week."
More on this here: COLUMN-Soccer-World-Red card paradox at heart of World Cup
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