Alfredo Morelos’s red card against Ufa was so stupid. It’s different if you are going into a challenge and mistime it, these things happen, but to get sent off like that in such an important game is almost unforgivable.
No matter the level of football you are playing at, you know that booting the ball away is an automatic yellow card. For a man that is easily roused by the opposition, I immediately thought he was putting himself under real pressure, but I couldn’t believe what happened next.
To have a go at the referee in the same minute was unbelievably daft, and the official had no option. You are simply not going to get away with that in European competition. We don’t think that referees take any nonsense in Scotland, but in Europe they are even stricter.
Everything would be forgotten if he can get his first goal against Celtic, and he has to show how determined he is to get it this Sunday to make amends to his teammates, manager and the fans.
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