Aston Villa’s Diego Carlos was at the center of a massive brawl during a pre-season friendly against RB Leipzig on Wednesday. The match, held at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, ended in a 2-0 defeat for Villa. Leipzig’s Andre Silva opened the scoring in the 17th minute, with Lois Openda doubling their lead just before halftime.
Carlos, tasked with marking Openda, was booked in a tense first half after clashing with the Belgian striker, who also received a yellow card. The situation escalated after Openda scored Leipzig’s second goal. A confrontation between Openda and Carlos led to Carlos putting his arm across Openda’s chest, resulting in the forward falling to the ground. This sparked a massive brawl involving players from both teams.
The referee eventually issued Carlos a second yellow card, leading to his dismissal. Aston Villa will continue their US tour with a friendly against Club America on Sunday, followed by matches against Athletic Bilbao and Borussia Dortmund. Villa’s Premier League campaign begins on August 17 at West Ham.
Diego Carlos is shown a red card in a friendly 😅
AVFC down to 10 👀 pic.twitter.com/avG9JwWhbq
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Diego Carlos
Diego Carlos Santos Silva
BrazilThis season he played in total 27 times for 1811 minutes for Premier League.
Diego Carlos didn’t score any goal for Aston Villa. He procured no assists. He received 4 yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 4th in Premier League. In the last match Aston Villa lost 2-0 against RB Leipzig.
Aston Villa performance and stats
It will be Aston Villa ended the league in the 4th position with 68 points.
In the last 38 games, it has won 20 times, drawn 8 times, and lost 10 times. In its last match, Aston Villa lost 5-0 against Crystal Palace.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 76 goals and conceding 56.
