First green card awarded

(ANSA) - Rome, October 4 - The first green card for fair play ever awarded in Italian soccer has gone to a Serie B player who told the ref a corner for his side was in fact a goal kick for the other one.
    Vicenza forward Cristian Galano's gesture in a game against Entella was hailed by Vicenza President Andrea Abodi as "a symbolic moment of great value for Italian soccer" and "an example that must be followed".
    The head of the Italian Referees' Association AIA, Marcello Nicchi, said the collaboration with the Lega B "helps improve the spectacle on the field and sporting culture off it".
    The green card for "special and exemplary" instances of fair play was formally introduced in the second tier in January but not awarded until now.