With the Champions League quarter-finals tightly on the line, teams are fighting hard to qualify for the last four. However, some yellow card issues may have an impact on the team's tactical deployment. Let's take a look at which key players in each team are facing suspension due to accumulating yellow cards.
Let's take a look at the top team, Barcelona. The giants have been a black hole in their Champions League journey, with seven players going off due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Trident Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann will need to stay calm to avoid consecutive yellow cards and miss out on the rest of the game. In addition, midfield centres Sergio Busquets and Artur, as well as defenders Yang Dongquan and Gerard Pique, will also need to be careful to avoid further yellow card accumulation.
In the Real Madrid camp, four players have also been suspended for yellow cards. Among them is the captain of the "Galaxy Battleship" Ramos, whose absence undoubtedly poses a huge threat to the stability of Real Madrid's backline. Casemiro, Carvajal and Edouard Mendy will also need to be careful in their upcoming matches so as not to miss out on key matchups.
Bayern Munich are one of the favourites for this tournament, but they have also suffered from yellowing. Three players have already received yellow cards and must be cautious so as not to be suspended and affect the overall strength of the team. Muller, Ginter and Goretzka all need to keep a cool head and not be shown yellow cards by the referee.
Champions League rules stipulate that at the end of the quarter-finals, a player's yellow card count will be cleared. This means that even if a player has too many yellow cards before this, he will not miss out on the following games.
However, in this round of matches, the impact of yellow cards on the team's tactics and the pace of the game cannot be ignored. There is no doubt that the strong teams need to maintain a high degree of vigilance against the yellow card problem to avoid the departure of key players and affect the overall strength of the team.
Let's wait and see if these yellow card threats will change the fortunes of the quarter-final teams. Stay tuned to our headlines for more exciting coverage of the Champions League!