Barca ace given two yellow playing cards in 30 seconds as team-mates go berserk at him
Barcelona star Sergino Dest had his USA team-mates go ballistic at him after he was handed two yellow playing cards within the area of 30 seconds throughout worldwide obligation.
The 23-year-old began for his nation of their 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago within the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final. Dest misplaced his mood within the thirty ninth minute when he believed he saved the ball in play however the referee awarded a throw-in to the opposition.
The defender booted the ball away in retaliation earlier than shouting on the official whereas protecting his mouth which handed him his first yellow card. Despite the efforts of US team-mate Gio Reyna to carry again Dest, he continued to shout on the ref who confirmed him a second yellow, giving him his marching orders.
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The US worldwide confronted the wrath of his team-mates after sarcastically blowing a kiss to the referee as Fulham‘s Tim Ream bellowed on the 23-year-old whereas Nottingham Forest’s Matt Turner had just a few phrases to say to Dest as he walked behind the US objective on his means off the pitch.
The US had been main 1-0 on the time of the right-back’s sending off however ended up dropping 2-1 however they nonetheless advance to the Nations League semi-final, after successful the primary leg 3-0. Ream, 36, slammed his team-mate after the sport admitting he had non-public phrases to say to Dest.
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“Not too many things I can say here publicly that we said privately,” the centre again stated. “It’s a complete lack of respect for the guys that are playing, for the guys that are on the bench. It´s a lack of respect for the game itself, for the referees.”
While Dest can be suspended for the Nations League semi-final in March 2024, he took to Instagram to apologise for his actions. “I want to apologise to my Teammates, Staff, Fans and whole nation for my behaviour it was unacceptable, Selfish and immature I let my team down!” he wrote.
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“It’s something I have to learn from and it won’t happen again!” Dest signed for Barcelona in an £18million deal from Ajax in 2020 however has failed to determine himself within the first-team because the La Liga giants have despatched him out on mortgage for the previous two seasons as he is since returned to the Eredivisie with PSV this season.