Soccer-Plenty of time for Bellingham bothers conflict, says Kovac after Jobe’s CWC suspension

The midfielder was on monitor to face his brother Jude of Real Madrid within the Club World Cup quarter-finals however after choosing up a yellow card in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Monterrey on Tuesday he’ll as a substitute be wanting on from the sidelines.

That reserving, for a foul on Nelson Deossa, was his second of the match and arrived within the twenty eighth minute on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The 19-year-old’s first yellow card got here in Dortmund’s 1-0 group stage win over South Korean aspect Ulsan HD additionally within the twenty eighth minute.

“I think we all saw that he was very disappointed,” Dortmund supervisor Niko Kovac stated. “I think he did not exactly know that the second yellow card is a suspension at halftime. He was a little bit surprised.”

While one door has closed, Kovac stated there might be extra alternatives for the siblings to face one another.

“Okay, he is younger. His brother can also be younger, so I’m satisfied they’ll face one another, possibly subsequent season within the Champions League, after which the long run. The future is for them.

“And yeah, the Club World Cup would be nice, but now it isn’t. Someone else must play for him, but it’s also okay.”

Jobe, who sealed a 33 million euros transfer to Dortmund from newly-promoted Premier League membership Sunderland in June, was substituted within the fifty fifth minute to keep away from any probability of a crimson card, stated Kovac.

“I substituted him not because of his performance. I changed because he had a yellow card in this game, and you saw we had some very intensive duels, and I did not want that someone is maybe then booked twice,” Kovac added.

Jude, 22, additionally performed for Dortmund from 2020-2023 earlier than making the change to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Dortmund play Real on the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday.

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