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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...
01:42 LAUGHTER
01:44 I'm just wondering how long the players were in the waiting room,
01:54 ten or three?
01:55 LAUGHTER
01:56 LAUGHTER
01:57 LAUGHTER
01:58 LAUGHTER
01:59 LAUGHTER
02:01 All right.
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