Atlético will have to be very aware of the warnings at the Etihad Stadium. The cards are one of the great evils of the team this seasonwhere the mattresses already add up ten red (eight of them direct) reaching a historical record with Simeone on the bench when there are at least ten games left to play.
But, in addition, you must also be measured in actions susceptible to yellow. The red and white team has reached the first leg of the quarterfinals with six players facing suspensioneven though Herrera has had to stay in Madrid due to muscle discomfort in the thigh. Joao Felix, Luis Suarez, Reinildo, Llorente and Kondogbiafundamental footballers in Simeone’s scheme, add two warnings each and are one away from being forced to stop.
Except Suarez, the other four point to Cholo’s eleven to try to take the City fiefdom. The five were already warned at Old Trafford, but they all avoided the card. Not so Herrera, who accumulated that second card against Manchester United, but his presence at the Wanda Metropolitano will depend on the evolution of his injury. De Paul, Koke, Correa, Hermoso, Giménez and Felipe wear one, while Carrasco faces his third and last game of sanction for the direct red card seen in Porto and that already prevented him from being in the entire tie against United. The Belgian will be able to return to the Champions League in the second leg of the quarterfinals.
Of course, it is an evil that not only affects Atlético. Manchester City should also be careful, since, although they are less, He also has three warnings of the utmost importance for Guardiola. De Bruyne, the team’s main star, is one card away from the sanction and seeing the yellow card would be a very sensitive absence at the Wanda Metropolitano. As well Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus. Gündogan, Zinchenko, Laporte, Stones and Rodrigo are the other players from the English team who have been booked in this Champions League.