Changing room chat: Kaiser wants end to triple whammy

THE Fifa Task Force Football 2014 led by Franz Beckenbauer has agreed that the so-called “triple punishment” of penalty, red card and suspension is too severe. “A penalty is enough if it is a simple foul or a tackle where you try to get the ball but you are a second late,” Beckenbauer said.

“If you have a violent foul, if it would have been a red card anywhere on the field, then it’s a penalty and a red card.”

Red cards would still be given for handball offences which stop a certain goal, under the 20-member panel’s proposal.