“I can’t remember the last time IFAB had a good idea”

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp was against blue cards.according to which players who commit tactical offenses or protest against referee decisions will be punished with a ten-minute suspension, and stated that he does not remember “the last time IFAB “He had a fantastic idea.”

This new protocol will limit blue cards for fouls that interrupt promising attacks or for player protests.. Additionally, a player will be excluded from the match if he receives two blue cards, or one blue and one yellow (and vice versa).

Blue card? At first this doesn’t seem like a fantastic idea to me.

Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool head coach

“The idea doesn’t seem fantastic to me,” Klopp said at a press conference this Friday. “But the truth is that I can’t remember the last time these people (IFAB) had a fantastic idea, if they ever had one.”

The German’s opinion coincides with that of other coaches who showed their opposition this Friday, as in the case of Mauricio Pochettino, who assured that this would cause even more controversy and complicate the situation for referees, players and fans.

This measure will be the first time a new disciplinary card has been introduced. since receiving yellow and red cards at the 1970 World Cup.

Klopp also talks about Thiago

The German coach also analyzed Thiago’s relapse: picked up the injury after returning last weekend after nine months out. “This is a muscle problem, the extent of which we still do not know. We need to wait a little. “It really wasn’t good news for him, not for us, not for everyone,” the German said.

Thiago’s injury is a muscle problem, the extent of which we still don’t know. We’ll have to wait a bit, although it’s not a big injury.

Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool head coach

“Yeah (hopefully he’ll play again this season) but we haven’t really thought about it, at the moment we’ve just worked through the injury and done a full assessment and know exactly where it’s coming from. It’s not because of the intensity. This is a common procedure and it wouldn’t be a big story if he hadn’t been gone for so long. It’s not a very serious injury,” Klopp said.