Sánchez Martínez expelled to Xavi after a strong protest by a supposed fault to Gündogan

Xavi Hernández has gone back to receive a caution and back expulsion by part of a referee of LaLiga. In this occasion, the attendant to expel to the technician egarense was the judge José María Sánchez Martínez, the one who is the main in the commitment between the Athletic of Madrid and the FC Barcelona in the Cívitas Metropolitan.

Why Sánchez Martínez expelled to Xavi Hernández?

The controversy took place at the end of the first part, when in the minute 41, the one of Terrassa received a yellow card for protesting a presumptive fault committed by İlkay Gündoğan on Gabriel Lino. A caution that in the record of the party reflects that it took place because the referee considered that Hernández made "observations of technical character to one of his decisions".

Next, in the minute 42, Sánchez Martínez showed him directly the red cardboard to the egarense by the previously exposed argument. Added to this, in his relate added that Xavi used "voice in cry, making gestures of desconsideración" in spite of the warning of the fourth referee.

Section of the heat of the commitment, which the FC Barcelona won with a remarkable solvency (0-3) the exjugador of the Barcelona club allowed show in front of the microphones of 'DAZN' his disconformidad around the decision taken by the referee murciano. "This is the of less. The important is the team. It has said me the chamber that by the gestures. I have not said absolutely at all. Always I try to have respect. Gesticulo Because I am pasional. For me, it was unnecessary the expulsion. It is necessary to accept it", commented.

The curious register that starred Xavi Hernández after his expulsion

With this new expulsion, Óscar Hernández will go back to take the reins of the Barcelona club. Besides, Xavi reaches a curious register. With this incident in the Cívitas Metropolitan, great his second 'KO' of the season in LaLiga 2023-24. The first occurred in the meeting of debut of the Barça against the Getafe CF (0-0), where was expelled by César Soto Degree.

These two expulsions, according to the metric of 'Mister Chip', equalise the number of red cards that the one of Terrassa had in LaLiga like player in active. The surprising is that like alone trainer has needed 93 duels in the local tournament to reach this figure, whereas like footballer added this quantity in 505 crosses, a remarkable difference.

With this new caution, the technical director of the Catalan club, the one who fits to stand out in his record like agent of the Barcelonan staff has received a total of 15 yellow cardboards in the contest suspender belt. Based in the example of the sanction that received at the beginning of this campaign in LaLiga, would lose two parties with the FC Barcelona, what means that it would not be present in the bench during the clashes against the UD The Palms (30/03) and the Cádiz CF (13/04). Nevertheless, it will return to the action in the Classical against the Real Madrid on 21 March in Santiago Bernabéu.