Arsenal have one participant at direct threat of a yellow-card suspension going into the knockout levels of the Champions League, however many others are solely two playing cards away.
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Arsenal handled a few yellow-card suspensions through the League Section of the Champions League, with serving a ban in opposition to Slavia Praha and fellow midfielders and banned in opposition to Kairat Almaty.
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The one optimistic of these suspensions is that not one of the three are one reserving away from a ban anymore, however is.
UEFA guidelines ban gamers for one match after they obtain their third yellow card of the match, and Norgaard is on two after bookings in opposition to Slavia Praha and Membership Brugge. Another on Wednesday would see him lacking the last-16 second leg.
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Nobody else is a single reserving away from a ban, however Merino, Zubimendi, Rice, , , , , and are all two yellows away – ought to Arsenal proceed to progress within the competitors.
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That’s as a result of the following threshold for a ban is 5 yellows, with Merino, Zubimendi, and Rice on three. The opposite 5 gamers have one yellow card every, placing them two away from the primary threshold of three.
The yellow playing cards might be wiped later within the match, however not till after the quarter-finals.
To be clear, a 3rd/fifth/seventh yellow card within the second leg of the quarter-final stage would nonetheless lead to a ban for the primary leg of the semi. It’s solely after that second leg that the yellows are wiped. Successfully, meaning you’ll be able to’t get a yellow-card ban for the semi-final second leg or the ultimate.
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The remainder of Arsenal’s gamers are all at the moment fairly secure, as none of them have been booked a single time. However given it solely takes three bookings to get your first ban, it doesn’t take lengthy to search out your self in danger.