Barcelona saw five of their players receiving a booking against Las Palmas on Saturday. Robert Lewandowski and Joao Cancelo's yellow cards mean they are missing the Catalan's next outing against Cadiz after accumulating too many in La Liga.
However, according to the Pro-Madrid newspaper Marca, the duo should be banned for two games for their actions.
Wait, what? You read that right. Citing the Spanish Federation Disciplinary Code, Marca is asserting that both Lewandowski and Cancelo received their bookings intentionally, which can be punished with a two-game ban.
Two of Barca's key players missing the next two games, with one of those being an away El Clasico... How convenient!
If the Federation were to actually enforce this rule, we'd likely see half of the league banned every other month.
This article from Marca is nothing more than speculation and should be treated as such – the Blaugrana players are in no danger.
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