Argentine Antonio Rattín, Whose Dismissal in the 1966 World Cup Prompted a Rules Change, Dies at 84
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Antonio Rattín, former player of Boca Juniors and whose plotting with the Argentine team during the 1966 World Cup had an impact on the implementation of yellow and red cards, has passed away, the federation of his country reported. He was 89 years old.
Argentine footballer Antonio Rattín died at the age of 89. At the 1966 World Cup he gained dubious fame when he opposed the German referee.
The Argentine midfielder provoked a famous incident in World Cup 66 that ended up giving rise to the use of yellow and red cards
The midfielder, who died at the age of 89, was expelled in England 1996 in a controversial encounter between the Albiceleste and the Three Lions. The controversy caused the governing body of football to decide to set up the yellow and red cards.
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