"The Sun Dream Team FC" declare : David Villa receives bizarre red card thanks to video referee

×WATCH: David Villa receives bizarre red card thanks to video refereeAndrew ButlerThe video referee revolution is well underway, and New York City FC's David Villa has fallen foul of it. Having lashed out at Dynamo man A. J. DeLaGarza, Villa received a yellow card from referee Nima Saghafi – but that wasn't the end of it. The Barcelona and Spanish legend is still plying his trade Stateside for the Manchester City sister club, but received a bizarre red card in a MLS warm-up game against Houston Dynamo, all thanks to the video referee. Having reviewed the slap by firing up his rather aged-looking laptop, the official then sent off Villa, much to many players' bemusement. Watch the incident below – it's worth a look, as we will be seeing much more of this in the future.


as informed in David Villa would have gotten away with this cheap shot, if it wasn't for that pesky Video Assistant Referee. #MLS #VAR pic.twitter.com/jJfZ6PRdTt — Arcadio Marcuzzi (@_marcuzzi) February 19, 2017Catch up with this week's episode of 888sport Football Friday Live VAR has been introduced in the MLS preseason as a means of advising referees on game-changing incidents including goals, penalty penalty claims and off-ball scuffles. Villa was initially shown a yellow card for his involvement in the tussle, but the referee suddenly remembered that VAR was available. AdvertisementAjd, Villa a frappé DeLaGarza au visage, l'arbitre n'a rien vu, mais l'assistant vidéo l'a notifié.


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WATCH: David Villa offence upgraded to red card after video replay technology catches cheap shot

David Villa would have gotten away with this cheap shot, if it wasn't for that pesky Video Assistant Referee. #MLS #VAR pic.twitter.com/jJfZ6PRdTt — Arcadio Marcuzzi (@_marcuzzi) February 19, 2017Catch up with this week's episode of 888sport Football Friday Live VAR has been introduced in the MLS preseason as a means of advising referees on game-changing incidents including goals, penalty penalty claims and off-ball scuffles. Villa was initially shown a yellow card for his involvement in the tussle, but the referee suddenly remembered that VAR was available. AdvertisementAjd, Villa a frappé DeLaGarza au visage, l'arbitre n'a rien vu, mais l'assistant vidéo l'a notifié.




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