Here is an update on the card situation through two games of the first round:
Card Totals
Red cards: 12.
Yellow cards: 114.
Second-Round Red Cards
Group A: none.
Group B: Kalla (Cameroon) vs. Italy (two-match suspension).
Group C: Molnar (Denmark) vs. South Africa (two-match suspension), Wieghorst (Denmark) vs. South Africa (one-match suspension), Phiri (South Africa) vs. Denmark (three-match suspension), Al-Khilaiwi (Saudi Arabia) vs. France (one-match suspension), Zidane (France) vs. Saudi Arabia (two-match suspension).
Group D: none. Note: Bulgaria’s Nankov, who was sent off for a second yellow in the first match against Paraguay, served his one-game suspension and may play against Spain.
Group E: Pardo (Mexico) vs. Belgium (one-match suspension), Verheyen (Belgium) vs. Mexico (one-match suspension). Note: South Korea’s Ha Seok Ju has served his one-match suspension for the red card he received against Mexico and may play against Belgium. Patrick Kluivert of the Netherlands has one game remaining in the two-match ban he received for his red-card against Belgium.
Group F: none.
Group G: none.
Group H: Powell (Jamaica) vs. Argentina (one-match suspension for second bookable offense).
Yellow Card Update
Group A Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Jackson (Scotland) and Chiba (Morocco) have two yellow cards and will sit out their team’s next match. Aldair (Brazil), Junior Baiano (Brazil), Hadda (Morocco), Berg (Norway), Rekdal (Norway) and Durie (Scotland) all have one caution.
Group B Noone has two yellow cards. Cannavaro (Italy), Costacurta (Italy), Di Biagio (Italy), Di Livio (Italy), Acuna (Chile), Estay (Chile), Parrguez (Chile), Rojas (Chile), Salas (Chile), Villarroel (Chile), Zamorano (Chile), Angibeaud (Cameroon), Ipoua (Cameroon), Njanka (Cameroon), Song (Cameroon), Wome (Cameroon), Pfeffer (Austria) and Schoettel (Austria) all have one caution
Group C Noone has two yellow cards. Hogh (Denmark), Nielsen (Denmark), Rieper (Denmark) Schjonberg (Denmark), Schmeichel (Denmark), Wieghorst (Denmark), Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia), Al-Jahani (Saudi Arabia), Al-Muwallid (Saudi Arabia), Issa (South Africa), Jackson (South Africa), Nyathi (South Africa), Phiri (South Africa), Radebe (South Africa), Blanc (France), Deschamps (France), Lizarazu (France), Petit (France) and Zidane (France) all have one caution.
Group D Okechukwu (Nigeria) has two yellow cards and will sit out his team’s next match. Iliev (Bulgaria), Ivanov (Bulgaria), Kishishev (Bulgaria), Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Arce (Paraguay), Ayala (Paraguay), Benitez (Paraguay), Adepoju (Nigeria), Ikpeba (Nigeria), Okocha (Nigeria), Amor (Spain), Ivan Campo (Spain), Kiko (Spain), Nadal (Spain) and Sergi (Spain) all have one caution.
Group E No players have two yellow cards. Blanco (Mexico), Garcia Aspe (Mexico), Ordiales (Mexico), Ramirez (Mexico), Choi Young Soo (South Korea), Ko Jong Soo (South Korea), Lee Min Sung (South Korea), Deflandre (Belgium), Staelens (Belgium) and Vidovic (Belgium) all have one caution.
Group F No players have two yellow cards. Petrovic (Yugoslavia), Stojkovic (Yugoslavia), Minavand (Iran), Zarincheh (Iran), Hejduk (USA), Pope (USA), Regis (USA), Hamann (Germany), Heinrich (Germany), Jeremies (Germany), Matthaeus (Germany) all have one caution.
Group G: Clayton (Tunisia), Filipescu (Romania) and Santa (Colombia) each have two yellow cards and will sit out their team’s next match. Campbell (England), Ben Younes (Tunisia), Bouazizi (Tunisia), Ghodhbane (Tunisia), Ciobotariu (Romania), Hagi (Romania), Munteanu (Romania), Petrescu (Romania) and Gheorge Popescu (Romania) all have one caution.
Group H Nakanishi (Japan) has two yellow cards and will sit out his team’s next match. Akita (Japan), Hirano (Japan), Ihara (Japan), Nanami (Japan), Prosinecki (Croatia), Simic (Croatia), Soldo (Croatia), Stanic (Croatia), Burton (Jamaica), Cargill (Jamaica) and Chamot (Argentina) all have one caution.
