After red card, BVB defender could miss two matches | OneFootball

Joane Gadou celebrated an important win with France’s U21s, but his international trip still ended in a setback. The Borussia Dortmund center-back was sent off in the 3–2 win over Luxembourg. Now the 19-year-old must worry about his involvement in the upcoming qualifying matches.

Gadou started on the pitch in Orléans. France made a dream start and were already 2–0 up after just 24 minutes thanks to a brace from Steve Ngoura. After the break, however, the game changed within moments.

In the 50th minute, Gadou lost the ball to Ivan Englaro while trying to build from the back. The Luxembourger then had a clear run at goal. Gadou stopped his opponent and was shown a straight red card by referee Henrik Nalbandyan.

The decision had immediate consequences. Englaro took the resulting free kick himself and pulled Luxembourg back to 2–1 shortly after Gadou’s dismissal. Not long after, the equalizer followed. Englaro converted a penalty and completely turned the game on its head.

France then had to fight for the win with a man down. Mathys Tel finally restored the lead in the 76th minute with a header. That proved to be the final score. France thus secured top spot in the group and qualification for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship ahead of schedule.

Gadou to miss match against Switzerland

For Gadou, however, the matter is not over yet. The BVB professional will definitely miss France’s final qualifying match against Switzerland on Tuesday because of the red card.

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Under UEFA regulations, a player who is sent off is generally automatically suspended for the next match in the competition. In the case of a professional foul as the last man, however, that is often extended to two matches.

That means Gadou could be unavailable beyond that as well. However, the final length of the suspension is not yet known.

There is at least one small silver lining: since Gadou will miss France’s U21 match on Tuesday, the center-back should now have enough time to recover and can already turn his focus back to Borussia Dortmund. BVB face Werder Bremen on Friday, 9 October, at 8:30 pm.

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