Lille manager fumes over England star Angel Gomes’ red card in Champions League loss

Callum McAvoyPublished Sep 18, 2024, 10:11am|Updated Sep 18, 2024, 10:12am

England’s newest prima Angel Gomes endured a nighttime to hide arsenic helium became the archetypal subordinate to beryllium sent disconnected successful this season’s Champions League.

Gomes was shown 2 yellowish cards wrong the abstraction of conscionable 19 minutes successful the first-half of Lille’s 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Sporting Lisbon.

The midfielder, who impressed successful his archetypal 2 England games during the planetary break, received his archetypal booking successful the 21st infinitesimal for a propulsion connected Francisco Trincao.

Long clip Arsenal people Viktor Gyokeres opened the scoring successful the 38th minute, but conscionable moments aft the restart Gomes was shown his 2nd yellowish and fixed his marching orders for a studs up situation connected the Swedish forward.

Zeno Debast’s stunning onslaught successful the second-half sealed the triumph for the location broadside connected the opening nighttime of the newly revamped Champions League.

As for Gomes, the Manchester United academy postgraduate volition present miss Lille’s immense clash against reigning champions Real Madrid connected October 2.

Speaking successful his post-match property conference, Lille manager Bruno Genesio was unimpressed with the referee, though much with what helium thought was inconsistent decisions alternatively than the reddish paper itself.

‘Two minutes aboriginal [after the opening goal], we instrumentality this 2nd yellowish paper from Angel which puts america successful trouble since we are 1 less,’ the Frenchman said.

‘I haven’t seen the images again truthful I can’t archer you, but what I find strange, without getting into controversy, is that determination was a foul connected Benjamin Andre a fewer minutes earlier Angel’s sending disconnected which wasn’t adjacent punished with a yellowish card.’

Gomes’ illustration has risen greatly since Lee Carsley archetypal called him up to the Three Lions squad past month, with galore praising the 24-year-old’s calm and composed displays against Ireland and Finland successful the Nations League.

With his declaration up astatine the extremity of the season, helium has been linked with a instrumentality to the Premier League with Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham each interested.

For now, Gomes volition adjacent beryllium successful enactment for Lille’s Ligue 1 clash against Strasbourg connected Saturday.

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