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WATCH: Criers of the world rejoice, a referee overturns his decision and removes yellow card

Published 21:16 2 Jan 2016 GMT

Conan Doherty
WATCH: Criers of the world rejoice, a referee overturns his decision and removes yellow card

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Nagging works.

Chronic moaners on a football field might be interested in events unfolding in Portugal on Saturday evening. Vitoria de Guimaraes lost 1-0 at home to Benfica but the hosts had a man yellow-carded after the break... only for the referee to overturn his own decision. Guinmaraes player, Cafu, was booked courtesy of a horrendous original decision. https://twitter.com/Soccermasterseu/status/683372216826916865 But the final match report would tell you that 48th minute booking was subsequently stricken off. Screen Shot 2016-01-02 at 20.57.17It happened because the referee realised the error of his ways and decided to award a hop ball and instructed that the yellow card be removed after telling the player. It was the right decision in the end but now we're wondering if he used a sneaky video replay or had a word in his ear. Or maybe the nagging just finally got to him.

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WATCH: Criers of the world rejoice, a referee overturns his decision and removes yellow card