In the history of Dutch football, it is rare. Getting red before even a second of football has been played. Yet it happened to one player once against PSV. At Philips Stadion.
Teze
Jordan Teze cheers, smiles and celebrates. The defender has just received a yellow card, but knows the victory is within reach: 2-3. Thanks to generation mate Donyell Malen, who scored a falling header shortly before time. After the match against BATE Borisov, Teze claimed a very modest share. By then the defender does not have a cross behind his name - Teze will make his debut only a few weeks later against PEC Zwolle - but he does receive a yellow card. For withholding the ball when the Belarusians want to throw in quickly.
Red
A uniqueness it is not, but it is not often that a player sitting on the bench is fined by the referee. What does all this have to do with PSV - Fortuna Sittard? During one of the previous editions, a Fortuna Sittard player received much more than a yellow card. Red even. During the warm-up. He was supposed to substitute, but shouted something to the assistant referee. Something that could not pass. Like Teze this season, he was very young. Even younger than the PSV player even. And because of the card, he missed the final of the KNVB Cup, as Fortuna won over PSV at the time. Something the Limburgers had never managed in the league in Eindhoven. His name?
