Sacar tarjeta roja/amarilla
For the most part, soccer is a relatively misunderstood sport here in the United States, although awareness of the sport is growing daily. Would you please tell me the meanings of the phrases "sacar tarjeta roja" and "sacar tarjeta amarilla" in the world of soccer? I guess that each expression means something different. Thank you.
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A serious offence against the rules can get a "direct" red card, which means the player leaves the field of play immediately. The player is banned for a number of games as well.
A less serious offence can result in a yellow card. The player stays on the field unless he / she gets another yellow card - which = a red card.
Accumulated yellow cards over a number of matches will result in the player being banned from playing for a number of matches.
Yes, the first yellow card means: be careful, behave yourself or I´ll send you off of the game, I´ll be watching you.
The second yellow cards implies automatically a red card and means: ok, enough is enough, I have warned you: you are out.
A player who receives 2 Yellow Cards is given a Red Card & ejected.
A direct red card means: That was absolutely unfair: you are out!
Here is a link to the discussion of cards. According to this, a red card means the player must leave the field. A yellow card is a caution.
Sacar tarjeta roja means to get red carded, and sacar tarjeta amarilla is to get yellow carded. Those are cards you get when the refs warn you that you did a penalty or other misdemeanor and to be careful. If you get too many you may get kicked out of the game. The color of card you get is dependent on the seriousness of what you did.
