In the Premier League, yellow cards and red cards are given out. The most serious scenario would see a red card handed out and this is for when a player denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity with a handball, denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity with a foul, commits serious foul play or violent conduct, uses offensive, insulting or abusive language towards the opposition or officials and receives a second yellow card in the same match.
Meanwhile, yellow cards are less serious and are handed out due to dissent by word or action, persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game, delaying the restart of play, failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission, deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission and unsporting behaviour. With the Premier League now underway, here’s an outline of which players are currently suspended, which are close to a ban and who are just returning from sitting on the sidelines.
On the opening weekend of the Premier League, there were two red cards given to players. The campaign started with an unexpected bang, showcasing that as the pressure rises, even some of the best athletes in the world can struggle to control their performance.
Fabian Schar was the first person to be sent off in the season. In the 28th minute of their match against Southampton at St James’ Park, the Swiss centre-back, who is one of the few players to have an FPL team, was sent off for a headbutt on Ben Brereton Diaz. The incident caused tempers to flare among both sets of players, first on the pitch and later in the tunnel.
The 32-year-old Newcastle defender was first shoved to the floor during an aggressive exchange with the former Blackburn striker, but he then reacted angrily, first pushing Diaz and then putting his forehead forward before the Saints star fell theatrically. Unsurprisingly, a large group of players quickly surrounded the scene, with Dan Burn even trying to pick up Diaz off the ground.
A Premier League statement outlined: “The referee issued a red card to Schär for violent conduct. VAR checked and confirmed the referee’s call.” It didn’t go down well at the ground and Diaz was booed all match, even when the Magpies secured a shock 1-0 win with ten men.
Schar will miss Newcastle’s matches away to Bournemouth, away to Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup and their clash at home to European hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur. He will return for their match against Wolves on the 15th September.
“I mean, it’s pathetic behaviour from Brereton Diaz, isn’t it, in terms of the way he goes down, but when you stick your head in, and both players did it, by the way, it was both Schar and him, both stuck their heads together, it was just the reaction of Brereton Diaz that got Schar the red card,” Alan Shearer said on The Rest is Football Podcast about the ‘pathetic’ incident.
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