Real Madrid and Manchester City played the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals at the Santiago Bernabéu, leaving the tie up in the air. The ticket to the semi-finals of the top European competition will be decided next Wednesday, April 17 (9:00 p.m.) at the Etihad Stadium after the 3-3 scoreline on white territory. In this match there were four white players facing suspension: Tchouameni, Camavinga, Bellingham and Vinicius. Of all of them, only the first saw the yellow card.
They had only disputed 38 seconds into the game when Tchouameni made a tackle on Grealish, who advanced meters towards the Lunin area. The French referee François Letexier has shown him the yellow card, leaving him with no options to participate in the return match on Wednesday, April 17 at the Etihad Stadium.
Bellingham – Ruben Dias / twitter
However, The French referee could have sanctioned Eduardo Camavinga and Jude Bellingham in the same waya fact that would also have forced them to be absent in the decisive second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
The French midfielder could have been reprimanded for a tackle on Phil Foden’s ankle, which ended up leaving the Englishman injured and having to be replaced. On the other hand, the former Borussia Dortmund player was also able to see the card for a code about Rúben Diaswhich ended up going unpunished.
