Almiron red card for mouth-covering marks World Cup's first ejection
TL;DR
Paraguay forward Miguel Almiron was sent off with a red card in Paraguay's World Cup Group D clash with Turkey after covering his mouth, becoming the tournament's first red-card incident; the decision came after a VAR review and was shown by referee Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros in Santa Clara, California.
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- Paraguay’s Miguel Almirón gets first-ever red card for covering mouth in situation of confrontation The New York Times
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