The effect of the yellow card on Cardoso for a throw-in

11/11/2024

Updated at 7:14 p.m.

There are small actions in games that have big repercussions. An error by assistant Guillermo Santiago on a throw-in provoked the anger of Johnny Cardoso in the 35th minute of Betis – Celta. The American international protested and Ortiz Arias He reacted by showing him a yellow card for “protesting my assistant referee number 2”, as reflected in the minutes. The warning was delicate for the midfielder in a game with a lot of back and forth. And we already know how Pellegrini acts with footballers who are at risk of being sent off.

Another play with Iago Aspas in the center of the field as soon as the second half began, in which Cardoso touched the ball but then ran over the Celtic forward, making everyone fear that Ortiz Arias could show the second yellow card. He didn’t do it but the shock stayed in Pellegrini’s body, whose subsequent reaction was to take the American off the field and put Lo Celsus instead. Betis was drawn with a 4-1-4-1 which made them more inconsistent.

That yellow card for Cardoso conditioned the clash right in the position in which there are the most casualties given that William Carvalho and Marc Roca They are injured, and the youth squad Mateo has an emerging role but not yet a protagonist. Altimira He suffered a lot from this circumstance. He was left alone at first and had gross errors due to wear and tear, such as a lost ball in the center of the field with the team up and his permissiveness against Swedberg at 1-2.

All this also caused Lo Celso to have to delay his position and move away from the area, where the Argentine is really decisive. He is the team’s top scorer. Betis pushed at the end and tied by going hard with the goal from bartra But these imbalances initiated by an unfair warning were key to everything that happened later, in a clash that should have ended with a green and white victory but was sealed with a draw.