Barça finished the game at the Metropolitano with ten players, after the dismissal of Ferran Torres in extra time. In the derby he also finished with ten, due to the expulsion of Jordi Alba and the previous match, against Osasuna, was Robert Lewandowski the one who saw red
This is unusual for boat chain three expulsions in three days of the League. In fact, according to @misterchip’s data, this is only the second time in FC Barcelona’s history that this has happened. To find a case like the current one, you have to go back to October 1999, when the Catalans also suffered three consecutive relegations from the League. At that time the outcasts were Bogarde against Valladolid, Kluivert to Classic and again Bogarde against Numancia.
on this occasion Robert Lewandowski He was sent off in Pamplona, in the last game before the World Cup. After the break, Jordi Alba the derby didn’t finish and it was on Sunday at the Metropolitan Ferran Torres saw red, after an action more typical of wrestling than soccer Savic.
Source: La Verdad
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