Yuri to miss Barça as matchday two red triggers matchday one ban | OneFootball

Yuri will miss Hansi Flick's Barcelona on Thursday 27 after being sent off for Athletic against Sevilla on matchday two.

As reported by as.com, La Liga EA Sports' reshuffled start has left clubs playing fixtures out of sequence, with the Barça meeting counted as matchday one.

The RFEF Disciplinary Code sets out that suspensions are served in consecutive games in the order they are played, regardless of postponements, suspensions, replays or other changes to the calendar.

Several fixtures were delayed to give World Cup returnees a rest, which pushed back a number of opening round matches.

So Yuri's dismissal in matchday two activates his ban for the very next fixture, even though it belongs to matchday one.

Source: as.com

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