Fifa match officials’ novel use of the term “mistaken identity” reared its head again in sensational circumstances during Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and Switzerland, leaving the Swiss forward Breel Embolo in tears and the European side a man down for a total of 67 minutes against the defending champions.
“It’s completely not understandable,” Switzerland’s head coach, Murat Yakin, said afterward. “I know that they will protect their referee but this rule destroyed the game today.”
