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The article doesn't say anything about waving imaginary yellow cards.
Players and managers will have to be on guard due to new Uefa rule change
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE players and bosses face booking for waving “imaginary” cards as part of a Uefa clampdown on player misbehaviour this season. Uefa refs’ chief Roberto Rosetti has demanded officials…
www.thesun.co.uk
Again, apologies for the source. This is from the UEFA head of ref's ahead of last season’s CL, a mantra that we have been explicitly told PGMOL and the PL would fall in line with starting this season.
But Uefa is also determined to try to stop players putting pressure on refs to book or dismiss opponents - especially when they are conning officials over what actually happened.
And referees, including England’s World Cup-bound Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor, have been urged to “take firm sanctions” against players who try to con them into giving yellow or red cards to opponents.
Rosetti said: “When a player tries to get another player punished, it’s unfair for football.
Again this isn't specifically about waving imaginary cards, but about dissent as a whole. But waving imaginary cards is part of that.“It represents unfair conduct by players against their colleagues – a bad example of disrespectful behaviour.”
The instruction from Rosetti is part of Uefa’s determination to “protect football’s image”.
I'm really not sure why you're being obstinate about this.