Ivanovic and Meireles won't play the final due to the yellow cards - STUPID RULE!!

I agree.

Reds should stand, but should be a yellow card amnesty for the final.

Doesn't football already have enough diving, fouling, timewasting, cheating etc without giving players in future Champions League semi-finals the idea that they can do as they please as long as it's yellow rated not red rated?

Amnesty would not be right, as players not on yellows in the 2nd leg match could all commit 1 risk free foul in the last 10 minutes

A half match ban would be fair IMO . Reduces their chance of playing in the final without taking it away completely, as they might get on in the 2nd half

9 on cards in madrid game

Badstuber and Coentraon are always good for cards no matter what the consequences lol

The yellow card rule should only apply if its in consecutive games

2 of them were for dissent, only themselves to blame.

Agreed Mtoto...if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

tricky call, this. clearly you want both clubs in the final to field their best xi's and not have the final disfigured by suspensions, but at the same time you have to maintain some  kind of order in the preceding matches!

let the clubs buy back their players for the final

2 months wages per yellow card, a years wages for a red

player must pay half of red card fee, and no tax deductions

money to suitable youth projects or whatever

if you dont want to miss the final when your on a yellow dont get booked.

feck me this place gets worse, tell me what are yellow cards issued for?

are we to stop punishing players from breaking the rules now then?

tobermory 25 Apr 12 01:09
Amnesty would not be right, as players not on yellows in the 2nd leg match could all commit 1 risk free foul in the last 10 minutes

That would be quite entertaining.

Nonsense.

The really great teams can make do without star players.

Ref: 1999 Treble.

and 2005
when gerarrd went and played for milan first half