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In the opening match of the World Championship between Mexico and South Africa (2:0), Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio showed three red cards during the match.
Sport.Biz reports that two red cards were given to South Africa and one to a Mexican player.
According to Opta, this is the highest number of red cards shown in a World Championship match since the 1/8 final match between Portugal and the Netherlands at the 2006 World Cup.
At that time, Russian referee Valentin Ivanov showed four red cards to players - two to each team.
Note that in the 2022 World Cup, a total of four red cards were shown throughout the championship.
