The name of Sergio Bouquets has gone back to be in the centre of attention because of an unlucky incident in the field of game. The defender, the one who began like titling in the party between his team, the Seville FC, and the Real Sociedad, had to abandon the field before that his mates, since in the minute 88, the collegiate Miguel Ortiz showed him the second yellow card of the duel after a very hard entrance against the midfield player of the Real Sociedad, Brais Méndez.
The expulsion occurred in a quite peculiar context. In a principle, after the entrance, signalled immediately the fault and, in consequence, showed him a yellow card. However, the referee, to the not having a clear decision, decided to consult the VAR and, after reviewing the images, for the bad fortune of Bouquets, in spite of having him withdrawn the yellow card, finally showed him a direct red card because of the dangerousness of the entrance.
This incident no only marked his first expulsion with the group of Nervión, with which has accumulated 56 meetings between his first stage and the current, but it also established the surprising record to turn into the first Spanish player in reaching the 30 expulsions in official parties. These data are provided by the expert in statistics, Alexis Martín Tamayo, known commonly like Mister Chip.
The numbers of the 'record' of expulsions of Sergio Bouquets
According to the referred source, of the 30 expulsions that has received Sergio Bouquets in his career, 21 of them occurred in the Spanish championship. Aunado To this, these 30 expulsions divide in 26 with the Real Madrid, two with the PSG, one with the Athletic Seville and the most recent with the hispalenses. Surprisingly, it was not expelled in any of the 180 parties that contested with the Spanish selection.
It is important to stand out that, of the 26 expulsions in the cast merengue, 18 were by double caution and eight by direct red card. These expulsions distribute of the following way: four in the season 2005/2006, one in the 2006/2007, three in the 2007/2008, one in the 2008/2009 and in the 2009/2010, two in the 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013, three in the 2013/2014, two in the 2015/2016, one in the 2016/2017, two in the 2017/2018, one in the 2018/2019 and one in the 2019/2020.
Regarding his expulsions with Paris Saint Germain, one occurred in the campaign 2021/2022 and the another in the 2022/2023, to which adds his more recent expulsion, that will leave it out of the commitment in front of the Villarreal Cf. Nevertheless, is not descartable that to the camero, given the rigurosidad of the action, can be tackling a sanction of greater severity.