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Verratti gets strangest yellow card you'll see in 2017

Marco Verratti might just have been given a yellow card that won't be beaten for strangeness in 2017.

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During PSG's encounter with Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday, Verratti was booked for getting on his knees and heading the ball back to his own goalkeeper!

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The incensed referee deemed the action to be unsportsmanlike and subsequently punished the Italy international.

In England, the FA's rules state that referees can penalise a player if he "uses a deliberate trick to pass the ball (including from a free kick) to the goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the law, whether or not the goalkeeper touches the ball with the hands".

Take a look at the pictures above and judge for yourselves if Verratti deserved his booking!

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