Sergio Busquets He was expelled this Saturday in the humiliating defeat of Inter Miami in view of Cincinnati (6-1) with two yellow cards in a row and in a matter of seconds for protesting to the referee. According to data from BeSoccer for EFE, this is the fourth time in his entire career that the former FC Barcelona player has taken a shower early.
The only red card in his career came in 2012 in a Champions League match against Benfica. The other two expulsions, both for double yellow cards, came in La Liga: in 2009 against Real Madrid and in 2022 against Rayo Vallecano. With the score already 5-1 down against Cincinnati, Busquets protested to the referee about a foul called on Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana on DeAndre Yedlin. The referee showed him a yellow card, Busquets continued with his complaints and, just a few seconds later, the referee showed him a new warning and sent off the Spaniard in the 62nd minute.
Without Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez due to the Copa América and Jordi Alba and Diego Gómez due to an accumulation of cards, Martino placed Busquets as a center back alongside Serhiy Kryvtsov (scorer of Inter Miami’s honorary goal) and Cincinnati exploited from the start the lack of speed of that defensive pair.
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