
Dani Carvajal’s dismissal for a second yellow card late on in extra time in Spain’s dramatic quarter-final victory over Germany has prompted fervent online debate about what that meant for the full-back’s prospects for the rest of the tournament.
The matter in question was down to the fact that Carvajal had picked up his second yellow card of the tournament earlier in the game, which in itself, carries a one-match ban and ruled him out of the semi-finals if Spain went on to win.