Scottish FA reveal the reason for Daniel Candeias' bizarre red card | OneFootball

As Portuguese winger Daniel Candeias was celebrating Alfredo Morelos’ 92nd-minute goal that put Rangers up 2-0 on St. Mirren, he was shown a second yellow card after an incident with Anton Ferdinand.

Though TV footage appeared to show Ferdinand as the aggressor in the situation, Candeias was the one that received his marching orders.

After a failed appeal which forced the 30-year-old to miss Rangers’ 7-1 win over Motherwell, the Scottish FA have finally given an explanation for his sending off on their official website.

“The referee provided a statement confirming the nature of the offence in respect of which the player was cautioned for a second time,” the statement read.

“He confirmed that he issued the caution to the player as at the time he believed that the player had been involved in two incidents, making gestures towards the opponent, the St Mirren No 35 (Anton Ferdinand), after the scoring of a goal and becoming further involved with the opponent as he made his way upfield after celebrating the goal.

“The tribunal viewed the video footage of the incidents, supplied by the claimant, and carefully considered the claimant’s written submission and the written statement of the player.

“Having done so, the tribunal found that the referee correctly identified the player as being the player involved in the incidents with the St Mirren No 35. The video footage showed this.

“The claimant, in their written submission, had accepted that there had been contact between the payer and the St Mirren No 35. The referee cautioned both players.

“Accordingly the tribunal found, on a balance of probabilities, that there had been no error on the part of the referee and no mistaken identity with regard to the players involved in the incidents and specifically in relation to the player for whom the claimant had appealed.

“Therefore the determination of the tribunal was that the claim be dismissed and that the caution and dismissal, and mandatory sanction, be reimposed.”