Watch: Mascherano shown straight red card for grabbing Gameiro's shirt
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For the first time in 21 months, Barcelona took the pitch in the second half with only 10 players.
In the 36th minute of Sunday's Copa del Rey final involving Barcelona and Sevilla, Javier Mascherano was shown a straight red card after he brought down Kevin Gameiro by grabbing his shirt, denying the French forward of a clear scoring opportunity.
1 - A Barcelona player has been sent off in the 1st half for the 1st time since Aug 2014, when Mascherano saw a red card vs Elche. Setback.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) May 22, 2016
It had also been an incredibly long time since Barcelona was shown a red card in either half.
Barcelona had gone 46 games since their last red card, which was also Mascherano, v Eibar on Oct 25 pic.twitter.com/AKnmXtd9df
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) May 22, 2016
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