Kathmandu. In the 17th edition of the Eurocup football tournament, the semi-final equation has been completed.
The semi-final matches of the tournament will be played on Wednesday and Thursday. Spain will face France in the first semi-final on Wednesday. The second semi-final match between the Netherlands and England will be played on Thursday. Both semi-final matches will start at 00:45 PM.
Two players from Spain will miss the semi-final match. None of the players from England, Netherlands and France will miss the semi-final match.
England’s Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Conor Gallagher, Coby Mainu and Kieron Trippier were potentially at risk ahead of the quarter-final against Switzerland.
However, no player from England had to miss the semi-final match due to getting a card. This is good news for England coach Gareth Southgate.
England’s Mark Guehy has already missed a match due to a double yellow card. Therefore, he could not play the quarterfinal match against Switzerland. He is back in the team for the semi-finals.
Likewise, players from the Netherlands will not miss the semi-final match. In the quarter-final match against Turkey, four players from the Netherlands received yellow cards. Dutch players Denzel Dumfries, Donnell Malen, Jerdi Skouten and Joe Wiermann were yellow carded in that match. However, they did not have to lose the semi-final match.
Likewise, the players of France will not have to miss the semi-final match against Spain. Adrien Rabiot missed the quarter-final against Portugal due to a double yellow card. He received a yellow card in the group stage match against Poland and in the pre-quarterfinal match against Belgium. He will participate in the team in the semi-final match.
Similarly, French captain Kylian Mbappe received a yellow card in the quarter-final match against Portugal. However, he will not miss the semi-final match. In addition, Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien and Ousmane Dembele were also potentially at risk. However, they will also get to play the semi-final match.
In this case, Spain is unlucky. Two of Spain’s dominant players will miss the semi-final match. Dani Carvajal and Rovin Le Normand will miss the semi-final due to receiving double yellow cards.
Dani Carvajal received two yellow cards in the quarter-final against Germany. Rowin received a yellow card against Italy in the group stage and against Germany in the quarter-finals. In addition, until the quarter-final match, the captain of the Spanish team, Alvaro Morata, was also at risk. However, he did not have to miss the semi-final match.
Spain and Germany are the teams that get the most cards in the ongoing Eurocup. The players of these two teams have received 13 yellow cards each. Austrian players, who are third in this list, have received 12 cards.
Similarly, players from Slovenia got 11 cards and players from Switzerland, Italy and Hungary got nine cards each. Players from England, Portugal, Slovakia, Romania, Denmark and Serbia have received eight cards each.
Similarly, players from France, Netherlands, Turkey, Belgium, Croatia, Albania and Czech Republic have received the least seven cards each.
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