ABSENCES STOOD OUT IN EUROPE
Pep Guardiola and the Cholo Simeone will lose the first day of the Champions
Published:16/09/2018 - 17:22h
Updated:17/09/2018 - 02:23h
The weekend comes to an end and all the looks begin to centre in the Champions. The greater European competition of clubs throws to walk this Tuesday, and will do it with absences stood out. Among others, Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone will lose the première of his teams
It has been necessary to expect some months, but after the start of the season 2018-19, the fans expect with illusion the return of the Champions. The Tuesday 18 September will give the starting signal to the phase of groups, whose first day will complete the Wednesday 18. This yes, will do it with some absences of maximum level.
The benches of Manchester City and Athletic of Madrid will miss to Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone, that will not be in the duels in front of Lyon and Monaco. Two of the best trainers of the planet will have to see the clashes from the terracing, because have pending punishments of the past campaign and form part of the list of sanctioned.
In the case of the Catalan, was expelled in the turn of semifinals against the Liverpool, by his protests on the referee's decisions. The one of Santpedor will have to pay a toll in the present edition, of the same form that Lorenzo Gonzales, a member of his technical body that also finish in the changing rooms before the expected.
By his part, the Argentinian will pay his debts by a grave fault in the Europe League, that cost him four meetings of which has fulfilled three. His repeated insults to the referee in the crossing against the Arsenal happened him bill, and after losing the turn of semifinals, the final and the Supercopa of Europe, will have to expect some days more.
The PSG, with remarkable drops by sanction
The one who will have it complicated is the PSG, that has to visit to the Liverpool with two drops of level by expulsions in the past Champions. Two usual in the plans of Thomas Tuchel will be in the loge, since Gianluigi Buffon has three pending parties after desahogarse with the referee of the Real Madrid-Juventus and Marco Verratti made a hard entrance also against the whites, although in his case with the 'bleus' in eighth of final.
Fedor Smolov (Lokomotiv of Moscow); Anastasios Bakasetas, Marko Livaja and Hélder Lopes (AEK Athens); and Ivan Ordets (Shakhtar), complete the relation of sanctioned for the Day 1 of the Phase of Groups of the Champions League, that could expand his list of face to the second date.
