FIFA is opposed to blue card and will not be introduced in elite football says Infantino

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00:00 No, there will not be any blue cards used at elite level.

00:08 This is a topic that is non-existent for us.

00:16 FIFA is completely opposed to blue cards.

00:21 I was not aware of this topic and I'm the president of FIFA

00:25 and I think FIFA has a say in the IFA.

00:30 We are always open at IFA and FIFA to look into ideas, proposals.

00:39 Every proposal and every idea has to be treated with respect, of course.

00:44 But once you look at it, you also have to protect the game,

00:48 the essence of the game, the tradition of the game.

00:51 There is no blue card.

00:54 We have an expertise in this area now.

00:59 We didn't have it before. We have an expertise.

01:02 We studied it and it is, and it's not me saying it,

01:08 it's medical experts saying it, it's simply impossible in a few minutes

01:11 to be able to determine whether there has been a concussion,

01:17 whether a concussion is serious or not.

01:20 And that's why in case of a suspected concussion,

01:25 the player has to be substituted.

01:27 If you want to care about the health of the player,

01:30 then the player has to go out and another player has to come in.

01:33 And that's the end of it.

01:36 Yeah, just try and make sure you have sufficient...

01:38 If you throw then...

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01:44 I'm just wondering how long the players were in the waiting room,

01:54 ten or three?

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02:01 All right.

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