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Published 15:20 7 Jan 2014 GMT
Updated 15:49 7 Jan 2014 GMT
The new plan is for referees to award the card that the challenge would merit were it to have taken place anywhere else on the field, so dangerous tackles will still be punished with a red. The example that AS gave was that of elbowing someone in the box, which will see a red card issued. There has been no clarification yet on whether or not a cynical foul outside the box would still result in a red, but we'll bring you more on that when we have it.
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