The national team's match between England and Uruguay (1:1) in the World Cup was not a major control match, but it provided one of the most important episodes in the history of modern justice. The main mystery of the evening was the status of the Uruguayans' poor performer Manuel Ugarte, which would have seemed to have broken all the rules of football, having lost the game after two previous years.

Information chaos flared up in another time. This is how the situation looked for millions of viewers broadcast on the British channel ITV:.

70th Khvilina: Referee Sven Jablonski calls a foul against Cole Palmer. The TV graphics clearly show that Manuel Ugarte is picking up the card.. 81st line: After Ben White scores a goal for England, Ugarte actively competes with the referee and withdraws his card for bad decisions.

Instead of placing a bright red in front of you and leaving the field, you will calmly continue the game. Later on the broadcast, commentators announced that the fourth referee had “snapped” the last card - a decision that practically does not happen in football.

Unraveling this mystique was helped by official data from the statistical portal Opta after the match. As soon as it was clear, the television people began to make a rude beating. On the 70th round, the referee correctly showed the yellow card to the defender Jose Jimenez (he himself was actively disputing the referee at that moment). Thus, the “friend” yellow card of Ugarte on the 81st century was actually the first and only one in this match for him.

Head coach of the England national team Thomas Tuchel after the game did not admit his disappointment with the arbitration, being widely praised that his opponent was in the minority.

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The English were also left extremely dissatisfied with other decisions: Ronald Araujo made a hard tackle against Phil Foden (who could not continue the game), but lost the yellow card. Zahisnik Harry Maguire called it "

The video assistants scored Ben White's goal, ignoring the blocking of Adam Wharton, and later tried to recognize the "