Why Irene Paredes will miss Spain's Euro 2025 opener – for a red card received 12 months ago
Paredes, 33, will serve the second of a two-game suspension during Thursday's group stage fixture after being sent off against the Czech Republic in Spain's penultimate Euro 2025 qualifier on July 12, 2024.
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The Barcelona defender was given a red card in the 70th minute of the 2-1 loss for a high challenge on Katerina Svitkova. UEFA's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) later confirmed she would serve a two-match suspension for 'serious rough play', in line with the governing body's disciplinary regulations for such an offence.
Spain had already ensured their qualification for the Euros before July's match against the Czech Republic after winning their opening four matches. Paredes sat out the victory over Belgium in their final qualifying match following her red card, and the second game of her ban will be served for her side's first game at Euro 2025.
She subsequently featured in five of Spain's six UEFA Nations League fixtures in 2025, as UEFA regulations state that suspensions are tournament specific and her ban did not carry over into the Nations League.
Had Paredes accumulated two yellow cards across Spain's Euro 2025 qualifying campaign — the number required for a one-game suspension — this would not have carried over into the tournament, however, with UEFA regulations stating: 'Pending yellow-card suspensions from the European qualifiers league stage for the final tournament expire on completion of the European qualifiers phase. They are not carried forward to the UEFA Women's Euro 2025'.
Spain's Euro 2025 qualifying campaign concluded with the win over Belgium in July, having secured automatic qualification after topping their group, meaning they were not required to participate in the play-offs across October and December. The qualifying process for Euro 2025 was shorter and finished earlier than previous iterations of the tournament owing to a restructured international calendar which included the introduction of the Nations League.
Paredes featured in all seven matches for Spain during their 2023 World Cup-winning campaign.
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The centre-back, capped 109 times at international level, is one of five squad captains named by head coach Montse Tome ahead of Euro 2025, alongside Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati, Mariona Caldentey and Olga Carmona.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Monday midfielder Bonmati had re-joined up with the Spain squad after being diagnosed with viral meningitis.
After Thursday's group game against Portugal, Spain play Belgium on July 7 and Italy on July 11.
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