JEAN-CLAIR TODIBO was red carded just NINE SECONDS into Nice’s Ligue 1 clash with Angers this afternoon.
The former Barcelona ace lined up for his side at Allianz Riviera, but won’t have even broken a sweat before returning to the dressing room.
With just five seconds on the clock, Todibo clumsily brought down his man.
The referee adjudged the 22-year-old to have denied a clear goalscoring opportunity and sprinted over to send him off.
He got his red card out in a flash, with Todibo being sent for an extremely early shower.
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Lucien Favre’s side nearly made it to half-time level, but conceded just moments before the break.
Former Tottenham ace Nabil Bentaleb netted the only goal of the game as Angers ran out 1-0 winners.
After the match, Todibo tweeted: “A refereeing choice that shocks me and condemns my team to start the match with a big disadvantage.
“The decisions of the referees at the start of the season are very questionable, even scandalous and I hope that the @LFPfr
will do something to remedy it @ogcnice.”
Nice have endured an underwhelming start to the season, winning just two of their first seven matches.
Todibo isn’t the only star to have received a quick red card this weekend.
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Antalyaspor ace Shoya Nakajima saw his debut for the Turkish side cut comically short yesterday.
The Japan international was thrown on with his side trailing Adana Demirspor 1-0 on 59 minutes.
But just nine seconds after play restarted the winger lunged into a tackle, subsequently being red carded following a VAR review.
Shoya’s family and friends were captured by TV cameras in disbelief in the stands, with what appeared to be his mother in tears as she watched her boy trudge off.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
