Rangers FC started the season on a very positive note but with each passing week, Steven Gerrard has been suffering one blow after another.
Last weekend they lost the season’s first Old Firm Derby 1-0 and then days after the loss, it was revealed that Lee Wallace and Kenny Miller had won an appeal against the club to the SPFL.
And now it has been confirmed that the Gers will miss two key players when they play their first Europa League fixture.
After going through a number of qualifying rounds, the Light Blues finally secured a place in the Europa League where they will now face Villareal in the first group stage encounter on the 20th of September.
But recent reports have revealed that Alfredo Morelos and Jon Flanagan will not be available for the encounter.
And this absence is because of a confusion in the UEFA law.
The Section 48.04 of UEFA’s Disciplinary Laws and Procedures states: “Exceptionally, all yellow cards and pending yellow card suspensions expire on completion of the playoffs.”
This basically meant that all yellow and subsequent suspensions would be omitted after the qualifiers.
But now it has been confirmed that red cards brought on from two yellow cards will not be cancelled out which means that both Alfredo Morelos and Jon Flanagan will not be available for the Villareal clash.
Both Morelos and Flanagan were shown two yellow cards during Rangers’ last playoff game against FC Ufa forcing the Gers to play that game with nine men.
While the Light Blues overcame that challenge and gained entry into the Europa League but it seems the rash decisions from the players could come to harm the team.
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