{"id":1829,"date":"2026-07-01T17:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:45:42","slug":"hincapie-sent-off-as-vinicius-law-claims-second-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/hincapie-sent-off-as-vinicius-law-claims-second-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Hincapie sent off as &#8216;Vinicius Law&#8217; claims second victim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Piero Hincapie was dismissed during Ecuador&#8217;s 2-0 World Cup 2026 defeat to Mexico, falling foul of the &#8216;Vinicius Law&#8217; for covering his mouth while speaking to Santiago Gimenez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversial &#8220;Vinicius Law&#8221; claimed its second victim on Tuesday as Piero Hincapie was sent off. The Ecuadorian was dismissed for covering his mouth while speaking to Santiago Gimenez during the closing stages of the clash between Mexico and Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his side trailing 2-0 and looking unlikely to mount a comeback, Hincapie muttered a comment to the Mexican striker behind his hand, an action that saw Gimenez immediately alert the officials. After a VAR intervention, referee Slavko Vincic brandished the red card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hincapie is the second player at this World Cup to be sent off for the offence. He follows Miguel Almiron, who was dismissed for a similar incident during a group-stage fixture against Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulation was established following the incident involving Gianluca Prestianni and Vinicius, where the Argentine allegedly aimed a racist slur at the Brazilian during a Champions League tie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piero Hincapie was dismissed during Ecuador&#8217;s 2-0 World Cup 2026 defeat to Mexico, falling foul of the &#8216;Vinicius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}