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The FIFA World Cup quarter-finals begin this Thursday (9), with France vs. Morocco.

And 19 players will take the field at risk of missing the semi-finals!

Why? These players go into the match carrying a yellow card, and if they are booked again, they will miss the semis.

FIFA’s disciplinary rules provide for an automatic suspension for any player who picks up two yellow cards before the end of the quarter-finals.

After this stage ends, all yellow cards are wiped.

This ensures that no player misses the final or the third-place playoff because of an accumulation of cards (only in the event of a red card in the semi-final), as happened to Michael Ballack in 2002, when he missed the final against Brazil due to suspension for yellow cards.

Players at risk by team

The match that opens the quarter-finals, between France and Morocco, carries the highest disciplinary tension: eight players are at risk in total.

Meanwhile, the clash between Spain and Belgium has just one player at risk on each side.

England also need to stay alert, as they have four players on yellow cards.

Check out the full list of players at risk, divided by national team:

Morocco (5): Issa Diop, Achraf Hakimi, Redouane Halhal, Bilal El Khannouss and Azzedine Ounahi.

England (4): Jude Bellingham, Nico O'Reilly, Declan Rice and Marc Guehi.

France (3): Manu Koné, Bradley Barcola and Michael Olise.

Switzerland (3): Granit Xhaka, Denis Zakaria and Miro Muheim.

Argentina (1): Gonzalo Montiel.

Spain (1): Ferran Torres.

Belgium (1): Brandon Mechele.

Norway (1): Antonio Nusa.

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