Ligue 1 match registers red card after less than a minute 😳

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Emily Wilson·28 September 2025

Ligue 1 match registers red card after less than a minute 😳

Red cards can come quick and fast at times. And that's true during Sunday's clash between Rennes and Lens in France.

The visitors went down a man after less than a minute when defender Jonathan Gradit took out Seko Fofana, who was through on goal and therefore denied a clear goal-scoring opportunity.

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The straight red card subsequently arrived after only 53 seconds.

😲🟥 C'EST DINGUE ! MOINS D'UNE MINUTE DE JEU ET DEJA ROUGE POUR GRADIT ! https://t.co/6vnfDZy8ZE
– Sunday, 28 September 2025

According to Opta, this moment is one of four scenarios in which a player was sent off after less than a minute of play in Ligue 1 since the 21st century.

The other players were: Jean-Clair Todibo (9 seconds in 2022), Benjamin Lecomte (39 seconds 2015) and Maxime Spano (39 seconds 2014).

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