lcutini Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Was just playing a pre-season friendly and had a defender sent off. It made me realize that you should be able to replace this player with someone off the bench (strictly for friendlies obviously) because these matches are about working out tactics and player development, and playing a man down sort of defeats the purpose. Edited July 7, 2021 by lcutini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Marc Vaughan Posted July 8, 2021 SI Staff Share Posted July 8, 2021 54 minutes ago, lcutini said: Was just playing a pre-season friendly and had a defender sent off. It made me realize that you should be able to replace this player with someone off the bench (strictly for friendlies obviously) because these matches are about working out tactics and player development, and playing a man down sort of defeats the purpose. That's how it works in real-life ... so that is how it works in the game I'm afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcutini Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Marc Vaughan said: That's how it works in real-life ... so that is how it works in the game I'm afraid. My bad 😳 A couple years ago Vancouver Whitecaps had their preseason training and games at my university and those matches were so informal I just assumed they would rather keep playing 11 v 11 (even though I never saw a red card then). I definitely had those games in mind when I was playing my friendly earlier. Thanks for the reply! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Marc Vaughan Posted July 8, 2021 SI Staff Share Posted July 8, 2021 6 hours ago, lcutini said: My bad 😳 A couple years ago Vancouver Whitecaps had their preseason training and games at my university and those matches were so informal I just assumed they would rather keep playing 11 v 11 (even though I never saw a red card then). I definitely had those games in mind when I was playing my friendly earlier. Thanks for the reply! No worries - I believe the reasoning is that having no punishment for bad behaviour would encourage it potentially in a few people ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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