midfielder Casemiro was proven a straight crimson card throughout his workforce’s victory over final weekend after placing his palms across the neck of Will Hughes. And his three-game ban means he has already acquired a punishment he by no means had throughout 9 seasons with .
Casemiro made 336 appearances for Actual Madrid throughout a nine-year stint on the Bernabeu Stadium and helped the membership win 5 Champions Leagues, three Membership World Cups and three La Liga titles. However he moved to Previous Trafford final summer season after the Crimson Devils shelled out £70million to safe his signature.
Casemiro, who has gained 69 caps for Brazil and was a part of his nation’s World Cup squad final yr, has reworked the United midfield and has been a key motive for the aspect’s improved kind this season. However he was slapped along with his ban after his tussle with Hughes was deemed to be violent conduct. And he will likely be unavailable for choice till the primary leg of United’s Europa League play-off conflict with Barcelona after lacking two showdowns with Leeds and an encounter with Leicester.
Throughout his prolonged stint in Madrid, Casemiro was solely despatched off twice. And on each events he was given his marching orders after choosing up two yellow playing cards, which meant he was solely handed one-game bans.
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Casemiro’s first sending-off for Actual got here following a second bookable offence throughout the workforce’s 4-1 La Liga thrashing of Actual Valladolid in March 2019. The 30-year-old was then despatched off within the late phases when Actual defeated Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga in 2021 after choosing up two yellow playing cards within the house of two minutes.
Casemiro’s absence was obvious on Wednesday evening as United have been held to a 2-2 Premier League draw by Leeds at Previous Trafford, However following that encounter, Crimson Devils supervisor Erik ten Hag refused responsible his star midfielder for the consequence.
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“We've an ideal workforce and it doesn’t matter who's coming in, we've got to win this recreation with 11 or with 15 gamers who can be found and on the pitch,” the Dutchman stated.
Regardless of a dismal begin to the season, United have climbed to 3rd place within the top-flight desk after profitable 13 of their 22 matches. And they are going to be trying to get the higher of Leeds on Sunday when the 2 groups go head-to-head for the second time in 5 days.