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TIL Croatian defender Josip Šimunić received three yellow cards in the match against Australia during the 2006 World Cup.Referee Graham Poll later revealed that upon booking Šimunić for the second time, he had erroneously recorded him as "Australia #3", due to Šimunić's Australian accent.

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