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It was introduced as a world-first system.
But Brisbane Roar mentor John Aloisi has questioned how the introduction of red and yellow cards for coaches differs from the previous model.
Football Federation Australia announced they would trial the card system for A-League and W-League coaches starting this weekend.
The FFA said the A-League and W-League were the first competitions in the world to introduce the measure.
However, Aloisi did not believe much had changed.
He said coaches would still receive the same three warnings from officials that existed previously.
Aloisi said the only change was that coaches would now receive a yellow card for the second warning and a red for a third.
“I don’t know what the difference is,” Aloisi said ahead of Sunday’s A-League clash with Central Coast at Suncorp Stadium.
“We still get a warning, then another and the third warning you get put in the stand.
“That’s been the same as long as I can remember.
“I think the yellow and red card is a bit so the supporters and people on TV can see that you are getting a yellow or red card.”
Under the card system, coaches and other team officials risk being sent to the stands for repeated infringements, including kicking or throwing water bottles, leaving their technical area and using offensive language or gestures.
Aloisi said it would be interesting to see how officials handled coaches under the card trial.
“I don’t know like in some games that you can get away with a little bit like some players do, consistently foul and not get a yellow,” he said.
“I don’t know how that works for the coaches.
“It will be down to the interpretation of the referee and the fourth official.
“But it is something I am not losing too much sleep over.”
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