The absurd red card in FA Cup that baffled English fans, this is the secret reason

Thursday kicked off the round of 64 of the FA Cup, England's second most important tournament after the Premier League and the oldest club soccer competition in the world. The attention of fans around the world was focused, for example, on Tottenham's 1-0 win over Burnley, as well as on this weekend's matches between the other English giants.

This Saturday Chelsea will face Preston North End, while on Sunday Manchester City vs Huddersfield and Arsenal vs Liverpool will play. Finally, Manchester United will visit Wigan on Monday. However, one game that attracted unexpected attention was Brentford vs Wolverhampton.

The Bees and The Wolves met on Friday at Gtech Community Stadium and drew 1-1 with goals from Neal Maupay and Tommy Doyle, respectively. This means they must now play a replay at Molineux Stadium to determine which team will advance to the round of 32 of the tournament. But it was neither of these that caught the attention of the fans, but rather a detail rarely seen on a soccer field.

Eight minutes into the first half, referee Tony Harrington sent off Wolverhampton's midfielder Joao Gomes for a violent foul on Christian Norgaard. The curious thing is that Harrington did not show him a typical rectangular red card, as is usually used in soccer matches, but a round one. This puzzled fans and caused questions on social media, as many did not understand the reason.

There are two possible explanations

According to SportBible, there are two reasons why a referee might choose round cards instead of rectangular ones. The first is to make his job easier, as he can easily distinguish between yellow and red even before taking it out of his pocket. However, the second explanation seems to be the most logical: the purpose is to help referees and players who are colorblind to differentiate between the two cards and thus avoid confusion.