Events / law & observation lens
An incident needs a subject and a clock.
A match note might say “red card” or “90+5”. Neither shorthand tells the whole on-field story. These are separate hypothetical annotations, not one actual incident trace.
Incident trace · read each branch separately
Illustration 06 / hypothetical notesOn-field player sent off. Under current IFAB Law 3, that player cannot be replaced; Law 12 says a red card communicates a sending-off.
Only this on-field scenario changes the number of players on the field in the way described. It does not establish a fixed performance effect.
A card shown to a substitute is not evidence that an on-field player was sent off.
Identify who received a card before making an on-field-number claim. This is not the same incident as the branch above.
A displayed five minutes of additional time is a minimum, not an exact end time.
The referee may increase it; this is not “extra time” and it does not assert a final whistle at 95:00.
Where VAR is authorised and in use, its protocol concerns specified incidents; the referee retains the final decision.
Nothing here claims VAR was available or used in a particular match.
Current-law context: The IFAB, Law 3, Law 12, Law 7 and VAR protocol, 2026/27 edition (accessed 26 Sep 2026). No historical edition or actual match is asserted.
Recorded
These are conditional teaching notes about different subjects and times. For a real incident, first establish who was sanctioned, when, whether the person was on the field and which law edition applied. The indicated additional time is a minimum under IFAB Law 7 (2026/27).
Still unknown
There is no actual match report, final whistle, verified VAR deployment or performance outcome here. A card or an added-time display alone cannot supply those missing observations.