BAirn plans to head to Atalanta after work. Bayern’s 6-1 win means they can only seal a home win against Atalanta, who can only hope for a miracle (or something more), but the bad news could be doubly bad for Bayern.
While this looks like good news for Kompany, there are concerns that strikers Olise and Kimmich, who scored twice in the last-16 first leg, could be sanctioned.
The reason was that he intentionally received a yellow card when taking a corner kick when the game was 0-6. The British-born Frenchman will miss the second leg of the last-16 tie because of, or perhaps because of, this booking.
In Kimmich’s case, in the 82nd minute with the score 0-6, he delayed taking a free kick in his own half for more than 45 seconds, which angered Atalanta’s Yunus Moussa, who forced him to take the kick and was given a yellow card.
Both players now face the specter of UEFA potentially imposing sanctions on the players for multiple matches.
UEFA will punish players who leave their card registration cycle “clean” with a two-match suspension and a fine. Disciplinary committees use video footage to detect waste of time and unnecessary fouls that indicate premeditation. This regulation is intended to protect the integrity of the sport.
If he is sanctioned, he could miss matches against Real Madrid or Manchester City, with the winner facing Bayern in the quarter-finals.
Precedents for mandatory yellow cards
The most high-profile case of this kind of sanction was that of Sergio Ramos, who was sanctioned after confessing to Ajax in 2010, but Dani Carvajal was investigated for this fact but not punished, so the fact that he admitted to the act itself seems to be key.
The same situation happened to Pique against Arsenal in 2016, but Pique was not disciplined despite being disciplined.
