Atlético begins its participation in the Champions League next Thursday 13 against Leipzig in the quarterfinals to be played in a single match in Lisbon. Beyond the rival, there was an issue that worried Cholo: the players warned. The Argentine had three players (Saúl, Morata and Correa) who have two yellow cards, which implies that, if they received a third in the duel against the Germans, they would miss some hypothetical semifinals. All of them are key pieces in Simeone's schemes, as evidenced by the fact that Saúl and Correa aim to be starters in quarters, in accordance with the tests carried out by the technician, and Morata is the top scorer of the rojiblanco team.
However, UEFA has taken away this headache from the mattress coach. And is that today the highest body of European football has announced that anticipates elimination of the warning cycle to the quarterfinal roundIn other words, these three players, like the rest of their teammates, will start without any warning in their locker. Usually, this fact occurred from the quarterfinals, so that no player could miss the final for having seen three yellow cards (He would only be absent if he was expelled).
UEFA has made this determination due to the special characteristics of this edition of the Champions League, in which the rooms, the semifinals and the final will be played in a single match in a neutral venue. The objective is, according to the statement issued by the European body, “re-create the same match balance that remained after the removal of pending yellow cards” This means that, if they were previously eliminated after the quarterfinals, leaving two games for the final (the first leg and the semifinal round), now it is done after the eighths so that it is also two games before the final (the quarters and the semifinals, both single game).