11 officials · 22 cards · 3 are ⚡ instant
The referees
Eleven officials, two copies each, and none of them on your side. Most take effect on your turn — but the three marked ⚡ INSTANT can be thrown out of turn, and they are exactly what stands between a GOOOAL! call and a win.
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ADDED TIME
The Timekeeper of Turin
Take another full turn immediately after this one.
“There's always one more minute.”
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⚡ Instant
VAR REVIEW
The All-Seeing Signora
Cancel the last card played, by anyone. It has no effect.
“She saw the elbow.”
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⚡ Instant
OFFSIDE!
The Linesman Who Never Blinks
A player card just placed on any pitch returns to its owner's hand.
“The flag was already up.”
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⚡ Instant
PLAY ON
The Advantage Whisperer
Negate a Referee, Yellow or Red card just played against you.
“Let them play. Let them suffer.”
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SUBSTITUTION
The Gaffer's Nod
Swap one card on your pitch with a player card from your hand.
“Warm up. You're going on.”
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QUICK RESTART
The Hurry-Up Artist
Draw 2 cards.
“The wall wasn't ready. Nobody was.”
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SET PIECE
The Architect
Look at the top 3 cards of the deck. Keep 1, put the rest on the bottom.
“Training-ground routine.”
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THE WALL
The Human Barrier
Until your next turn, your pitch cannot be Tackled or targeted by Yellow or Red cards.
“Ten yards. Not an inch less.”
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REVERSE
The U-Turn Official
Direction of play reverses.
“On second thought…”
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FULL-TIME WHISTLE
The Party Pooper
The next player misses their turn.
“That's quite enough of that.”
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OVERTURNED
The Second Chance
Remove one Yellow card from any player on any pitch.
“Upon review… rescinded.”
The World Tour expansion adds extra copies of the four most-played officials, so big tables never run dry. In Group Stage, one referee is flipped before every match to warp the scoring — the full table lives in the scoring guide (PDF).