Orange: Collina’s new favorite color!

By: Chris Pavlakos | February 23rd, 2009

Not really Olympiacos news per say, but this is too good to pass up.

In Italy they are going to experiment with the use of an ORANGE card. Article from Italy (in english) here

”It would be good for those situations where a red card is too much and a yellow not enough,” said an ironically ORANGE looking Collina. If you get an ORANGE card you have to sit out of the game for a few minutes (maybe they will have a hockey-style penalty box?)

FIFA is allowing it and next year will consider using it world wide.

Also something in the article about having a fifth official or “second set of eyes” maybe this would be an NFL-style replay official for big, match-changing penalty, handball, and offside decisions?

Uhhhhhh right! I like the idea of a 5th official or eye in the sky, but the orange card is a malakia!

Category: Europe, Olympiacos Team News, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup

Tags: collina, Europe, fifa, Olympiacos Team News, orange, red, refs, soccer, UEFA, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, yellow

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• Richard |  February 24th, 2009 at 9:49 am

  
  
  

  how about a pink card for divers?

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• Peter Katsiris |  February 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

  
  
  

  ahahah Orange card, po po re! And Richard, not sure if you are familiar with Greek football or anything, but Pink is strictly limited to our rivals Panathinaikos. “ROZ FANELA H PROTH SOU VAZELA”. Speaks volumes about Panathinaikos’ first jersey being a pink one…

  http://kourkouti.yooblog.gr/files/2009/02/pao_2008_2009b.jpg

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• Peter Katsiris |  February 24th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

  
  
  

  Christo, just a further thought: what would they call this penalty thing in Greece? “Ela, feugoume gia portokalada, kai epistrefoume stin pendalepto.”

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