Amir Murillo will leave tomorrow for the Panama national team to complete his international duties. He will soon play three World Cup qualifiers. And he did it smartly, because he was on four cards for the match against Mechelen.
At the end of the game, he was booked for time-wasting on a throw-in. That is his fifth yellow card and he is suspended against Cercle Brugge. Cleverly done, because he was not going to play that match anyway. “Yes, I took them on purpose,” he admitted afterwards. “It is difficult for me, because I want to play everything here. But I also want to play at the World Cup and we are in very good shape with Panama. The coming international period is therefore very important for me.”
Kristoffer Olsson is also definitely there in Sunday’s top match against Union. The Swede also took his fifth yellow card, also for time wasting. We dare to suspect that there was some intent involved with the two cards.
