Marco Verratti and Ivan Perisic were once punished by a law they did not even know existed

It's a football rule that's still catching players from time to time.

In 2017, Marco Verratti of Paris Saint-Germain and Ivan Perisic of Inter Milan were punished with yellow after deliberately turning the ball to their goalkeepers.

During a Ligue 1 match against Nantes, Verratt had the ball standing outside the SPG area and lay on his hands and knees before performing the unorthodox pass, Periscope broadcasts.

The judge immediately ran to the Italian midfielder and brought out the widow.

Verratti and his associates, as well as Coach Unnai Emer, seemed frustrated by this decision.

Verratti bewelded by banding booking. This is a first... Pic.twitter. com/d YB0IYQdpy

) Fantasy Hub (@FantasiFootyHub) January 22, 2017

A month later, Perisic won the return for a very similar incident during a match by Serie A between Inter and Rome.

In the sixth minute of the match, Perisic had the ball in his own area and lifted it to air before the trivia followed the goalkeeper's head.

The same thing happened. The judge ran to Perisic and showed him his mother.

Saw this clip and I don't understand why Ivan Perisic was showing a yellow card. Please can anybody explain @ FIFAcom @ivanperic44 @azzuri Pic.twitter. com/xSlzHt22r0

(@Rausz) April 13, 2021

They clearly had no idea that the game regulator says footballers were not allowed to use tricks to expose Law 12.

No trick should be used to display the Law amendment 12,” says in regulations.

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There is no difference whether the doorman touches the ball with his hands or not; the violation is committed by the player who seeks to bypass the rule of law. ”