Wood comments on receiving a yellow card for signing autographs
Lars Foster
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Translated by the editors
The New Zealand national team moved closer to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup by thrashing Fiji 7-0. A humorous incident occurred during this match.
Details: Nottingham Forest's leader Chris Wood completed a hat-trick by the 60th minute and then went to the substitutes' bench. Sixteen minutes later, Wood received a yellow card for... signing autographs right during the game.
For this purpose, he left the technical area and went to the stands. It is prohibited for anyone on the substitutes' bench to leave the zone during the game, which is punishable by a yellow card. That's exactly what happened to Wood. He doesn't deny his fault, although he wanted to bring joy to the fans.
Quote: "If those are the rules, then those are the rules. I just did something nice and tried to give fans an autograph," Wood is quoted by France 24.
