Given that Guimaraes is on nine yellow cards, a 10th would trigger an automatic two-game suspension, depriving Eddie Howe of a key player for forthcoming games. Alternatively, Guimaraes could make sure he collected a second yellow card late in stoppage time, and be sent off, leading to a one-game ban.
The article describes a scenario where a player might strategically choose to be sent off with a red card to avoid a longer ban due to accumulated yellow cards, as illustrated by Anthony Gordon's case.
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