GENEVA (AP) — Football’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees, which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarterfinals against Argentina. Embolo’s second yellow card, after a video review for simulating being fouled, changed the momentum of the game in the 72nd minute soon after Switzerland tied the score at 1-1.

L’instance qui régit les lois du football atteste dans une circulaire que l’assistance vidéo à l’arbitrage n’aurait pas dû être utilisée pour sanctionner la simulation de…

Soccer’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo shouldn't have been sent off in the World Cup quarterfinals against…