Uefa has changed the rules on yellow cards to
make it harder for players to be suspended for the
Champions League and Europa League finals.
The European governing body has decided that
yellow cards accrued will be wiped out after the
quarter-final stage.
Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso missed last season's
Champions League final after picking up a third
caution in the semi-final against Bayern Munich.
The rule was first implemented at Euro 2012 in
Ukraine and Poland.
But this is the first time it has been implemented
in major European club contests.
Did you know?
In 1999, when Manchester United won the
Champions League, captain Roy Keane was
suspended for the final. The men who lifted the
trophy were stand-in skipper Peter Schmeichel,
playing in his final game for the club, and Sir
Alex Ferguson
Spanish midfielder Alonso is among other players
who have missed the final after picking up a
booking in the last four - Roy Keane and Paul
Scholes suffered a similar fate in 1999.
Branislav Ivanovic, Ramires and Raul Meireles of
Chelsea and David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and
Luis Gustavo of Bayern all missed the 2012
Champions League final.
Uefa acted on the recommendation of a panel set
up by its Competitions Committee.
A statement read: "The Emergency Panel decided
that, as of this season, all yellow cards from the
beginning of the group stage will expire on
completion of the quarter-finals. Bookings will
therefore not be carried forward to the semi-
finals."

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