{"id":6519,"date":"2025-04-08T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/suspension-looming-who-from-barcelona-could-miss-match-against-dortmund-fcbn_312023_102\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:34:00","slug":"suspension-looming-who-from-barcelona-could-miss-match-against-dortmund-fcbn_312023_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/suspension-looming-who-from-barcelona-could-miss-match-against-dortmund-fcbn_312023_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Penalty on the horizon: Who from Bar\u00e7a might miss the return leg against Dortmund?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez, one yellow card away from missing the return leg against Dortmund: what will happen?<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund will play the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals this Wednesday with several players on ‘thin ice’ thinking about the rematch next week at Signal Iduna Park. In the case of Bar\u00e7a, only one player is at risk of suspension for the match in Montju\u00efc: I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez. The Basque player has recovered from the muscle problem that prevented him from playing against Betis<\/a> and is set to start against the Germans.<\/p>

However, the ‘5’ will have to play the match with ‘kid gloves’, as one more yellow card will prevent him from playing the return leg. I\u00f1igo was booked in stoppage time during the match against Benfica in Lisbon (0-1)<\/strong> for demanding the expulsion of Leandro Barreiro, who had just seconds earlier made a very harsh tackle that was only punished with a yellow card. The Spanish center-back protested angrily, throwing his shin guard to the ground, for which the referee F\u00e9lix Zwayer also booked him.<\/p>

I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez, the most used center-back by Hansi Flick in the Champions<\/h2>

According to UEFA regulations, a player with three yellow cards must serve a suspension match<\/strong>. In the group stage, Mart\u00ednez only received one card in the debut against Monaco (75′). In January, he missed the last two matches of the group stage due to injury, against Benfica (4-5) and Atalanta (2-2). So far, the Basque has scored a couple of goals and provided one assist in 8 matches (711 minutes) in the tournament, being crucial in Hansi Flick’s scheme.<\/p>

Of the 8 matches played, I\u00f1igo was only substituted in the final minutes against Young Boys (5-0) and Benfica (3-1), being the Bar\u00e7a center-back with the most minutes in the tournament<\/strong> and the third defender overall, only surpassed by Alejandro Balde (714′) and Jules Kound\u00e9 (884′). The Frenchman has only received one yellow card, while Balde, Pau Cubars\u00ed, and Ronald Araujo have yet to see their first. Pau missed the rematch in the round of 16 against Benfica due to expulsion (direct red).<\/p>

\u26bdI\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez’s records in the Champions 2024-25:<\/strong><\/p>