Surely all this does is revert to the concept of "intent". Once, not so long ago, if it was a genuine attempt to play the ball, it would need to be more than just mistimed to be a foul at all. What now constitutes a foul hasn't changed - but if the defender attempted to play the ball, then inside the area there's no red card. Judging "intent" was always odd - how can the referee decide what a player really intended? But "realistic attempt to play the ball" now is a practical substitute for intent. And the illustration at 11.45 on in the video looks to me like no attempt to play the ball at all, and should still be a red (not the blue tinted specs - he's nowhere near the ball).