Yannick Carrasco is exposed to three sanction matches

Atlético de Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco, expelled for assaulting Otavio in minute 57 of this Tuesday’s match of the Champions League against Porto at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, he will foreseeably miss the round of 16 of the tournament for that reason and is exposed to three suspension matches, as stated in the Disciplinary Regulation of UEFA before these actions.

In article 15 section E of that code, published on its official website, the “Suspension for three competition matches or a specific period for assault on another player or another person present at the match”, as the referee Clement Turpin understood this Tuesday, who immediately sent off the Belgian player.

Although it is only his second expulsion in 195 games with the rojiblanco team, A similar situation already happened to him last summer in the pre-season friendly against PSV Eindhoven, when he was sent off in the 41st minute for scrambling on the ground with an opponent.

Except him, Atlético have no more penalties for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, of which his rival will meet on December 13, once Felipe Monteiro served on Tuesday the second of his two suspension matches for his expulsion at Anfield and none of the warned (Luis Suárez, Joao Félix and Geoffrey Kondogbia) was booked in the duel at the Do Dragao stadium.