With the arrival of LaLiga's last day, many players land in the final stretch of the course with four yellow in tow. Are warned And for years that meant playing with one eye on the referee and another in the following season. The players played with the doubt about whether It was worth risking An entrance or protest knowing that a fifth card would be supposed to miss the first game of the next course. Until not long ago, that concern was real and conditioned both players and technicians.
Busquets Ferrer shows yellow card to the Icelandic striker of the Real Sociedad Orri Oskarsson during a LaLiga match
But that changed in 2019. Since then, the sanctions for accumulation of yellow cards They do not crawl from one season to another. If a warp player sees a yellow on day 38, he will not be suspended on day 1 of the next championship. The reprimands 'erase' at the end of the season. The same does not happen with expulsions: A direct red or a double yellow does translate into a sanction for the next official party, even in the new campaign.
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A practical example with the warning at the closure of LaLiga
The duel between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad at Santiago Bernabéu, which closes LaLiga 2024-25, serves as a practical case of this standard. Whites arrive at the game with Lucas Vázquez, Fede Valverde and Dani Ceballos warned, while in the Txuri Urdin team they appear Mikel Oyarzabal, Brais Méndez, Sergio Gómez, Javi López, Luka Sucic and Beñat Turrent in the same boat. All of them can act normally: a yellow will have no consequences for day 1 of the 2025-26 season.
MUNUERA MONTERO AMONSTA A Simeone in a LaLiga match
The only exception remains expulsion. If any of these players see a red card -whether direct or for double warning-, the first match of the next league will be lost. The norm softens the disciplinary pressure of the end of the course, but does not eliminate the need to control the nerves when the referee puts his hand in his pocket. Much more with the conditioner of the summer market in between.
