France will not play its next World Cup qualifier "on the anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks, UEFA confirmed Wednesday." The Group A qualifier between France and Sweden has been moved forward two days from Nov. 13 to Nov. 11 "at the request of the French Football Federation which was granted by the ruling body FIFA, UEFA and Sweden." FIFA only allows changes to scheduled match dates in "rare circumstances." This week it "turned down a request from Iran to move a match against South Korea due to a clash with a religious holiday" (ALBAWABA, 10/12).
Vicenza attacker Cristian Galano received Series B’s first-ever green card, "which was awarded for fair play." Officials for the Italian second tier announced at the beginning of the season that the player "shown with the most cards for fair play will receive an award." The green card was the "first instance of the new policy in action, when Galano admitted that no Virtus Entella defenders had touched the ball when referee Marco Mainardi had incorrectly called for a corner kick" (AFRICA NEWS, 10/10).
