Robert Lewandowski: Barcelona Forward Sent Off for ‘Brainless’ Challenge Against Osasuna

Robert Lewandowski: Barcelona Forward Sent Off for ‘Brainless’ Challenge Against Osasuna

Isaac Darko
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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  • Robert Lewandowski received a second yellow card on Tuesday for a flying elbow into an Osasuna
  • The forward has received one red card in 14 appearances for Barcelona in La Liga, as many as in his 384 Bundesliga appearances in total
  • Referee Jesús Gil Manzano has issued red cards to Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski in his career

Barcelona star man Robert Lewandowski was red carded during his side's La Liga clash against Osasuna on Tuesday evening.

The Catalan giants traveled to Pamplona to face the Los Rojillos in their final La Liga game before the 2022 World Cup break.

Xavi Hernandez's men sat top of the La Liga table going into the game following Real Madrid‘s 3-2 loss at Rayo Vallecano on Monday.

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Robert Lewandowski received a second yellow card on Tuesday for a flying elbow into an Osasuna opponent. Credit: @brfootball
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But things went horribly wrong for the Camp Nou outfit at the start of the match inside the iconic El Sadar Stadium.

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Osasuna scored an early goal inside just five minutes into the tie thanks to a goal by David Garcia from a corner kick.

Then 25 minutes later, it went from bad to worse for Barcelona as influential striker Robert Lewandowski picked up his second yellow card of the game from referee Jesus Gil Manzano.

The Poland captain was booked in the 20th minutes for the first time in the game following a challenge on Ignacio Vidal.

The former Bayern Munich kingpin received his marching orders after his needless, elbow-first barge of David Garcia that ended his night.

Supercomputer predicts La Liga winner

Sports Brief earlier reported that a supercomputer has made a prediction for the final Spanish Primera division standings, after Real Madrid suffered their first loss in Spain's top flight.

Los Blancos suffered a 3-2 defeat to Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Monday night, to leave arch-nemesis Barcelona two points clear at the top.

The loss brings to an end to the perfect start to the season for Carlo Ancelotti's side, and crucially means they stay second on the table.

According to FiveThirtyEight's supercomputer, noted by Ghanaballers, Real Madrid will surrender the this season's La Liga title to Barcelona this season.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)
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