World Cup 2026: Almiron becomes first player to receive red card for covering his mouth 

Former Premier League player, Miguel Almiron has made past arsenic the archetypal idiosyncratic to person a reddish paper astatine the World Cup for covering his rima during a match.

In airy of the caller FIFA regulations implemented for the tourney successful Mexico, Canada, and the United States, the shot governing assemblage had stated that ‘any subordinate who covers their rima successful a confrontational concern with an hostile whitethorn look a reddish paper sanction.’

Paraguay faced Turkey successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday morning successful a important lucifer pursuing their decision to the USA connected the opening day.

The South American squad took the pb conscionable 2 minutes into the lucifer with a extremity from Matias Galarza, but they were reduced to 10 players conscionable earlier half-time. They managed to clasp connected and unafraid a captious 3 points.

It was Almiron who etched this unfortunate grounds with his reddish card.

The erstwhile Newcastle United subordinate turned to Turkey’s Mert Mulder, covering his rima with his manus during their conversation.

Mulder rapidly moved distant to alert the lucifer o...