Manchester, England – Na wah o! Talk about suspense!
Manchester United midfielder, Casemiro, don dey jansport with yellow cards this season as he find himself just two bookings away from sitting down for one match (the kind place wey dem no go even give you palm wine!). This Brazilian star has started six out of the first eight league matches of the season, but no forget say e miss one match already due to suspension after he collect red card for the 2-1 win over Chelsea earlier.
Now, make we put the gist on top wetin dey happen for Old Trafford. The man wey dey coach United, Ruben Amorim, don decide say make Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes dey the midfield dynamite team. But as fixtures dey stack on top each other like pounded yam, dem go dey sweat over wetin fit happen if Casemiro land another yellow.
For Premier League, five yellow cards in the first 19 games mean say you dey face one-match ban. And so far, Casemiro don collect five cards for just seven appearances (this one don clear say even the referee like to blow his whistle for am!). Na only Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall don serve one-game ban for the same reason this season.
If this midfielder collect two more cards, na wah for United sef, because Amorim go need to pick from his bench guys: Manuel Ugarte and Kobbie Mainoo. Ugarte fit be prefered choice as Mainoo dey compete for the same spot with Fernandes. Na so e be, when your seat get too many padi, you fit no fit chop your jollof rice in peace!
As Casemiro dey pray no to see yellow again, everybody dey look forward to the big match coming against Brighton this weekend. If he get two yellow against Brighton and Nottingham Forest (we don dey hear say see the refs dey plan to blow all the time), then na a big loss for United as he go miss the critical match against Tottenham Hotspur.
By the time the first 19 matches wrap, the yellow card rules change to ten, meaning you fit collect ten cards before dem go suspect say you no dey play well (e no go sweet at all if na double suspension you dey face!).
In short, keep your fingers crossed for Casemiro. This one fit turn serious if e miss key matches because the team no wan see plenti losses. With continuous amebo and the pressure piling on top, who sabi wetin go happen?
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