The referee has sent off the player!
lar-BEE-troh ah es-POOL-soh eel joh-kah-TOH-reh.
The moment a red card is shown. The reaction differs dramatically depending on whether it is your player or the opponent who is sent off.
Ha espulso is the passato prossimo of espellere (to expel, to send off). Il giocatore is the player. Espulsione (noun) is the sending-off. If it is your player: scandal. If it is the opponent: justice.
Cartellino rosso — è giusto!
Red card — it's right!
When you agree with the sending-off decision.
Cartellino rosso — è uno scandalo!
Red card — it's a scandal!
When you disagree violently with the decision.
Due gialli fanno rosso.
Two yellows make a red.
Explaining the two-yellow-cards rule.
Italy is the country of catenaccio — defensive tactical football. Having a numerical advantage (undici contro dieci) is theoretically decisive, but Italian football history is full of cases where the ten-man team defended heroically and held on for a draw or even won.