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Ā·22 October 2025

šŸ¤Æ Sent off instead of a penalty: OM star gets a taste of karma

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Football isn't always fair. However, in one scene during the Champions League match between Olympique Marseille and Sporting Lisbon, it was.

Because: After Emerson won a penalty just before the halftime whistle, there was a lot of commotion on the Portuguese side. Was it even a foul? The VAR intervened and exposed a really obvious dive by the Marseille player.Ā 

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Since Emerson had already received a yellow card shortly before the supposed penalty scene for handball, the second yellow card followed for diving, leading to an early shower. That's when the notorious karma struck hard.Ā 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in šŸ‡©šŸ‡Ŗ here.

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