Red cards are never good news, and they usually come after a strong foul that sometimes even injures the opponent, but on some occasions, these red cards are quite curious and funny.
It was worth it
Vincent Aboubakar gave one of the funny points of the Qatar 2022 World Cup by scoring a goal against Brazil at minute 90+2 for Cameroon to win 1-0 in the last Group G game and celebrated by taking off his shirt. The striker already had a yellow card that he received 10 minutes earlier for a foul, for which he received the second and was sent off. In the same way, the Africans were already eliminated. That was the first goal Brazil conceded in the World Cup.
An oversight that cost a lot
Something similar happened in Colombia, but it did have strong repercussions. It was the first game of the finals groups and Junior visited Deportivo Pereira in what ended up being a great game. The match was 3-2 and a penalty was sanctioned for Junior. The goalkeeper Sebastián Viera was in charge of kicking, he scored the equalizing goal, and because of the emotion, he took off his shirt to celebrate.
The Uruguayan had already earned a yellow card for protesting 5 minutes earlier and he had forgotten about it since we can see it in the celebration when he realizes his mistake. The referee sent him off and the team had already made the 5 changes, so John Pajoy had to put on his gloves and Junior had to defend with 9 players, because Carlos Bacca had also been sent off earlier, but it wasn’t enough. Jhonny Vásquez scored at minute 90+9 and Pereira won 4-3. In the end, the Pereirans were champions.
The fastest of all
The fastest red card in the history of Ligue 1 (since Opta has recorded -2006-) was given on September 18, when defender Jean Clair-Todibo was sent off after 9 seconds in the game between Nice and Angers. The Frenchman cut off Abdallah Sima’s advance and the referee did not hesitate, although the truth was that it was a bit of an exaggeration.
As if COVID wasn’t enough
In the African Cup of Nations, a record was also broken with red cards, and that is that the captain of Comoros, Nadjim Abdou, saw it just after 7 minutes, in what was the most important game in the history of the National Team since for the first time in their history they advanced to the round of 16 of the tournament. In addition to the red card, the team had a lot of casualties due to COVID-19, and even the starting goalkeeper that day was the left-back Chaker Alhadhur. Finally, they lost 2-1.
The festival of red cards
The final of the 2022 Argentine Champions Trophy was in play. Racing, runner-up in the 2022 Professional League, faced Tigre, runner-up in the 2022 Professional League Cup, in the semifinals. In the final, the ‘Academia’ faced Boca Juniors, champion of the League and League Cup of that year.
It was an even and very tough match, with many fouls. In the 90 minutes they finished 1-1 and in the last play each team saw a red card (Sebastián Villa [B] and Johan Carbonero [R]), and thus they went to extra time. Fouls continued for the next 30 minutes. First Alan Varela was sent off in Boca and then Carlos Alcaraz scored for Racing and was later sent off for taking his shirt off in the celebration. 2-1 and 9 players on each side. The game ended up getting out of control and the ‘Xeneizes’ saw 4 red cards in a row (Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Frank Fabra, and Darío Benedetto), so the game ended early because Boca Juniors no longer had the minimum number of players allowed. Racing won 2-1 and were champions.
You didn’t go in for that
In Mexican soccer, the fastest red card in its history was also seen in 2022, when in the Expansion Tournament, Jesús Miranda entered at minute 94:37 of the first leg final between Celaya, his team, and Atlante. The game was 0-0 and Celaya was obtaining a good away draw, so Miranda was brought in to better defend the last few minutes, but he couldn’t play even 1, since after 36 seconds he was sent off. In the end, Atlante were champions.
The first and the last time
The Portuguese goalkeeper Luis Maximiano arrived at Lazio last season from Granada and made his debut on the first matchday against Bologna and was sent off just after 6 minutes for a handball outside the area. After that, he has not played again and has always been on the bench. It is the fastest red card for a debutant in Serie A since the 1994/95 season.
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