garrincha and david villa incidents

celito said: ↑

OWN GOAL said: ↑

Back then that wasn't a red card offense. The French player should have fallen to the ground as the ref played the advantage.

How about this ? Not even called a foul.

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How about this ? Only a yellow card ... nowadays !

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Howard Webb did at least whistle for a foul.

Big difference.

By the way: many refs don't judge it as a red card. I've seen it happened many times
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