2024-04-21 01:36:45
Aston Villa’s Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez could not avoid the punishment of red card despite being saved by loopholes in the rules. The goalkeeper was banned for the first leg of the UEFA Conference League semi-final for two yellow cards.
Martinez picked up two yellow cards against French club Lille in the second division of the Conference League on Thursday (April 19). Although the card was two rounds of two matches. As a result, the World Cup-winning goalkeeper was basically caught for the previous leg, even though he was saved in this journey according to FIFA rules.
In the match against Lille, Martinez was shown a yellow card in the first round due to time delay. After blocking the shot in the tiebreaker, he made various gestures towards the audience. Earlier, the Argentine goalkeeper also saw a yellow card in the first leg of the last eight. And that’s a ban of one match with three cards.
Martinez saved two Lille shots in the penalty shootout to give Villa a 4-3 win. The English club entered the last four of a European competition for the first time since 1982.
Aston Villa will face Olympiakos in the semi-finals. The two teams will meet in the first leg in the fight to reach the final on May 2. The second leg will be played on May 9. If all goes well, Martinez will return for the second leg.