BERLIN - The colors this World Cup will be remembered for were red and yellow.



Zidane's ejection(退出) during France's penalty-kicks（罚点球）loss to Italy Sunday's final was a record 28th red card of the tournament（比赛）. The previous mark was 22 at the 1998 tournament in France.



Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo also gave four yellow cards during the match, which Italy won 5-3 in a shootout（交火）following a 1-1 tie（平局）. That raised the tournament total to 345 27 percent above the previous mark set in Japan and South Korea in 2002.



The United States tied for the most red cards in this tournament with two and the least yellow, with five. Other countries with two reds were Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Serbia-Montenegro.



Portugal led with 24 yellow cards in seven matches, followed by Ghana with 18 in four. The U.S. and South Korea tied for the fewest yellows, with five each in three games.



A three-time world player of the year, Zidane became just the fourth player sent off in a World Cup final when he launched his head into the chest of Marco Materazzi in the 110th minute.



Argentina's Pedro Monzon and Gustavo Abel Dezotti received red cards in Germany's 1-0 win in 1990 at Rome, and France's Marcel Desailly was ejected after receiving two yellow cards in his country's 3-0 win over Brazil in 1998 at Saint-Denis.



With 143 goals in 64 games, the average of 2.23 was just above the record low of 2.21 set in 1990.



(News Source: AP Photo Source: news.sdinfo.net)



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在德国世界杯比赛中，裁判共出示了28张红牌，已经超过了1998年法国世界杯创纪录的22张红牌。这么多的红牌已经引起了各界的强烈争议。



有些人认为红牌泛滥将毁了足球运动的根本，让足球的身体对抗性逐渐失去存在的合理性。尽管红牌可能会毁了比赛的对抗性，但国际足联认为牺牲部分比赛是值得的，这让足球赛变得更"干净"。


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