5 Yellow Cards Can’t Suspend Messi

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Hey Athletic Fans,

Lionel Messi has racked up five yellow cards this season, yet he is still free to play. A little-known rule is the reason, and it has kept him available for Sunday’s game.

Elsewhere, a five-time Tour de France champion has opened up about how close he came to something far worse after a horrifying crash.

All that and more in tonight’s edition of Essentially Athletics.

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