MOSCOW (AP) - FIFA plans to review a rule that resulted in Senegal being eliminated from the World Cup because it had more yellow cards than Japan, but is unlikely to remove the measure.
FIFA to review fair play tiebreaker but unlikely to change
"We will review after this World Cup, we will see what the feedback and the situation is," FIFA's competition director Colin Smith said Friday, "but as it currently stands we don't see any need to change."
The rule, in use for the first time at the World Cup, caused a stir when the last games in Group H were being played simultaneously and it became obvious it would be needed as a tiebreaker between two teams finishing equal in every other way.