‘The ruling will be enforced in every league. Red-carded players will miss the next match of the competition they were sent off in and be allowed to appeal only against suspensions of more than one game or to claim a case of mistaken identity.
The move will cause major changes in British disciplinary procedures, where until now dismissed players have had 14 days' leeway before they serve a suspension and where they have in the past escaped bans by using video evidence. The edict applies to a player shown either a straight red or two yellow cards.
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, attacked the move:
"Technology is there to show an error has been made but you are going to get an 'Alice in Wonderland' situation where the whole world can see an error but they carry on," said the Professional Footballers' Association's chief executive. They (Fifa) need to be a lot more practical and realistic in this day and age. It is akin to having someone in jail, finding out you have jailed the wrong man and yet the man stays in jail for a number of years. It is farcical."
· Fifa has threatened to pull the Libertadores Cup winners Olimpia Asuncion out of the Intercontinental Club Cup final with Real Madrid in December unless the Paraguayan club withdraw a legal complaint against the governing body over a transfer row.