Sergio Busquets He was kicked out this Saturday in a humiliating defeat by Inter Miami in the view of Cincinnati (6-1) with two consecutive yellow cards and within seconds for protesting the referee. According to BeSoccer data for EFE, this is the fourth time in his entire career that the former FC Barcelona player has showered early.
The only straight red card in his career came in 2012 in a Champions League match against Benfica. The other two dismissals, both for double yellow cards, came in LaLiga: in 2009 against Real Madrid and in 2022 against Rayo Vallecano. Already down 5-1 against Cincinnati, Busquets protested to the referee for a foul called on Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana on DeAndre Yedlin. The referee gave him a yellow card, Busquets continued his complaints and, seconds later, the referee showed him a new warning and sent the Spaniard off in the 62nd minute.
Without Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez for the Copa América or Jordi Alba and Diego Gómez due to the accumulation of cards, Martino placed Busquets as a central defender with Serhiy Kryvtsov (scorer of Inter Miami’s goal of honor) and took advantage of Cincinnati was the foul from the start of that defensive pair’s speed.
Yuya Kubo with a double, Argentine Luciano Acosta, his compatriot Yamil Asad, Pavel Bucha and Gerardo Valenzuela scored for Cincinnati, which has 48 points and is one game away from seizing the MLS East lead from at Inter Miami (47 points).
Source: La Verdad
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