🤣 Wore the wrong pants: Is this the daftest red card of 2025!? | OneFootball

There have certainly been some bizarre send-offs before. But for wearing the wrong underwear? That’s probably never earned anyone a red card—until now! It sounds completely ridiculous, but it actually happened this week, no joke.

In the semifinal of the Indian Super Cup between FC Goa and Mumbai City FC, Goa captain Iker Guarrotxena was shown the red card for exactly that, and even before kickoff! During the routine pre-match inspection of the players’ kits by the referees, it was noticed that Guarrotxena’s underwear was blue.

What would be totally irrelevant in any other context is strictly regulated in football. According to FIFA regulations (IFAB Laws of the Game, Law 4, Section 3), players’ undershorts must be the same color as their shorts or the bottom part of them. In Guarrotxena’s case, his blue underwear and white shorts clearly didn’t match. Moreover, the Spaniard reportedly refused to change his underwear, which is why the referee didn’t even allow him onto the field.

Some luck in misfortune for Goa and the former Bilbao striker, though, as another player was allowed to take his place in the starting lineup. So Goa was still able to play with eleven men and even won 2-1 against Mumbai. However, in the Super Cup final against East Bengal FC, Guarrotxena will still have to sit out.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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