Rodrigo Mendoza out against Espanyol due to suspension | OneFootball

There are several negative notes from the Rayo Vallecano 3-0 Atlético de Madrid league match. In addition to the obvious defeat, Cholo Simeone leaves Butarque without earning any points and with a suspended player, who will not be available for the next league match against Espanyol. The young Rodrigo Mendoza, who started against Rayo, will not be able to play in the next league round with Atlético. He is suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards, even though this Sunday afternoon he received his first card as a new Atlético player.

First yellow with Atlético, fifth in La Liga

Rodrigo Mendoza's suspension after the Rayo 3-0 Atlético match is due to an accumulation of yellow cards. He will not be able to play against Espanyol even though this is the first card he has received as a rojiblanco, but he was already carrying four cards from his time with Elche. This situation may cause confusion among some fans, but it is nothing new. Yellow cards from one season are not wiped clean even if a player changes clubs, and this will affect the young Mendoza.

Of the five yellow cards the young midfielder has accumulated, which will prevent him from playing against Espanyol, it is a coincidence that the first of these was against Atlético in the second round. It happened in the 45th minute at the Metropolitano, when he was still an Elche player. Since then, he received another card in the third round, the next one came in the fourteenth, and he had to wait until the twenty-second to see the fourth. In his second La Liga match with Atlético, he received the fifth for stopping a counterattack, which will now force him to serve a suspension for card accumulation.

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