Debate over gameplay style recurs League. Fluency, effective time, interruptions… The ‘other football’ that cannibalizes the show. The Spanish rivalry intensified as people searched for those responsible. epicenter of violations. The referees’ whistle signals the course of the match, as if it were a commercial break. No other major league in Europe So many fouls were called that the players most sanctioned were from Spanish teams.
On average in Spain 14 fouls per match the highest among major competitions. This means a high number of cards. National referees showed in the first nine days 462 yellow cards, 5.19 per match. Next in this statistic is the Premier with 384 points representing 4.8 points per game. Behind it is Serie A, with an average of 328 sanctions and 4.1 warnings. The Bundesliga ranks fourth with 245 cards representing an average of 3.89. Bundesliga is in the top 5 with 245 cards and an average score of 3.65.
“Red is a sign of protection”
The situation is repeated with the red ones. LaLiga saw 27 matches in the first nine days (the only competition this advanced; eight in the rest, seven in the Bundesliga), representing an average of 0.3. This rate is ahead of the Premier average with 19 dismissals (0.24); Serie A with 12 red cards (0.15); Bundesliga, with an average of 9 and 0.14, and finally Ligue 1: 8 reds (0.11). Statistics make us wonder if LaLiga is really a fiercer competition
Referees reaffirm the same idea every time they get the opportunity. “We are criticized for the number of reds, but this is a sign of protection for the health of the players. Look at the injury rate per inning in other leagues. The red one is more deterrent. “This is a mechanism to protect the football player and his health,” referee Sánchez Martínez said before the Copa del Rey he officiated last year.
“The biggest assets are the players and their social mass. This is the absolute priority. We must ensure that the matches proceed correctly,” the Murcian referee insisted. However, the players do not see it that way, and after each match, both they and their coaches self-censor some decisions. We must add to this the intervention of VAR. Last season, After inspection it was declared red to 38.
Getafe, the most sanctioned team in Europe
However, Medina Cantalejo, president Referee Technical Committee, “These are the conditions of this season, but we do not think our players have resorted to violence,” he assured in the group’s annual review. However, statistics show that the eight players who commit the most fouls in the major leagues play in Spain.
Leadership in violations Juanmi Latasa, Getafe forward, with 26 sanctioned actions. They follow him Gavi (25), from Barça; mallorquinista Dani Rodríguez (23); Cadiz football player Ruben Alcaraz (22); Villarreal international Jeremiah Pino (22); One of Girona’s leading players Yangel Herrera (twenty one); Getafe’s captain Djene (21) and Granada midfielder, Gerard Gumbau (twenty one). They placed eighth in the ‘top 10’ of this classification Tim Kleindienst (19), Heidenheim forward, recently promoted to Bundesliga; and Brazilian international Lucas PaquetaHe is the player who has committed 18 fouls so far this season for West Ham.
The same situation occurs in the ranking of the teams that commit the most fouls in Europe.. Getafe is in the lead with 166 violations against it. He is also the most carded player in the major leagues (44) and two of his players are in the ‘top 10’ of most sanctioned players: Domingos Duarte, with three yellow cards and one red card; and Jaime Mata with two yellows and a red.
José Bordalás, coach of the Getafense team, who is used to dealing with this situation every week, said at the beginning of the season, “They give us cards for everything. Victimization has an impact.” Here is the list of football players who have received the most cards so far this year: Mario Leminafrom wolves and Yves BissoumaFrom Tottenham (both 5-a-side). Baena (4, one red) from Villarreal; HE ‘Chimy’ Avila (4, two directly red) and Mica Marble (3 cards, 1 red).
Barça leads sanctions in Champions League
But it’s not just Getafe. Europe is behind them in foul classification majorca (156), real society (154), ray (154), Cádiz (150) and Alaves (126). To find a non-Spanish team you have to go down to seventh place. The sequence is completed as follows: Monaco (121), Olympic Lyonnais (119), Lens (117) and Stade de Reims (116).
More of the same with cards. Let the distinguished leader come after Getafe majorca (31), Cádiz (30), villareal (29), ray (28) and Grenade (26). From there like British bands Tottenham (28), Wolverhampton (28), Chelsea (27) and nottingham forest (25), matching on carton athletics club (25).
When these comparisons are discussed, the comment that local criteria are always different from the criteria in European competitions emerges. Moreover, with the same referees. For exampleThe Champions League is the tournament with the longest effective time (60 minutes per match on average) compared to 54:35 in LaLiga.. But three of the five Spanish participants in the most important club tournament are among those most punished for fouls.
Although Milan leads the discipline with 31 violations, Barça are in fourth place with 28 violations, one more than Sevilla and Real Sociedad (27). The Barça team was the team with the most cards in the first two days, with 10 cards, one of which was red.. With the car of eight and seconds, Atlético de MadridAlthough it was not one of the teams that committed the most fouls, it was the team that received eight cards. Situations where Spanish football is hampered by fouls.