French star N’Golo Kante, a player for Al-Ittihad Jeddah, was sent off and received the first direct red card in his career that began a full decade ago, when the referee of his team’s match against its host Al-Hilal in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday sent him off..
The Al Hilal team achieved an important victory over its counterpart, Al-Ittihad Jeddah, with two clean goals during the match that was held at the “Kingdom Arena” stadium, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the current version of the AFC Champions League 2023-2024.
Kante made a strong intervention on his former Chelsea teammate Kalidou Koulibaly in the 65th minute, so the referee resorted to video technology and returned to give him the first direct red card in his career, and the first expulsion he received in 10 years..
Kante received two yellow cards within 13 minutes of his team’s match against Saint-Etienne in the French League in September 2014, and was expelled from the field, which was the first and last expulsion before his red card on Tuesday against Al-Hilal..
Kante played 413 matches in his career with the clubs Boulogne, Cannes, Leicester City, Chelsea, Ittihad Jeddah, as well as the French national team, during which he received 58 yellow cards. More than half of them were with Chelsea, with 38 warnings in 269 matches.
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