As Euro 2024 progresses, the presence of yellow cards threatens key players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Jude Bellingham, and Kylian Mbappe with potential suspensions.

Maintaining discipline is pivotal in football tournaments, ensuring top athletes remain available throughout. Yet, amidst the physical demands and trials of new rules limiting referee interactions to captains, yellow and occasional red cards are inevitable.

Here's an overview of Euro 2024's yellow card suspension regulations and the players potentially facing exclusion from the semi-finals.

At Euro 2024, the yellow card rules and suspensions are straightforward: A player receiving two yellow cards faces a one-match suspension.

However, it's crucial to understand that yellow cards accumulated during the group stage, round of 16, and quarter-finals are reset before the semi-finals.

This means that players carrying yellow cards into the quarter-finals can relax once they advance, as these cautions won't carry over. The only scenario where a player would miss the final is if they receive a red card in the semi-final.

Player Team Yellow cardsJude Bellingham England 1Phil Foden England 1Conor Gallagher England 1Kobbie Mainoo England 1Kieran Trippier England 1

England will miss Marc Guehi in the quarter-final against Switzerland due to his two yellow cards. Several other key players, including Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Conor Gallagher, Kobbie Mainoo, and Kieran Trippier, are also walking a disciplinary tightrope with yellow card cautions. Another booking in the quarter-final would see them suspended for the potential semi-final match.

Which France players are at risk of suspension?

Player Team Yellow cardsOusmane Dembele France 1Antoine Griezmann France 1Kylian Mbappe France 1Aurelien Tchouameni France 1

Adrien Rabiot was ruled out of the quarter-final game against Portugal after picking up his second yellow of the tournament against Belgium in the last 16.

Captain Kylian Mbappe is carrying a yellow card into the quarter-final and will have to be careful not to get booked again or else he will be ruled out of the semi-final.

As well as Mbappe, Didier Deschamps will be mindful of the fact that Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni and Ousmane Dembele are all on yellow cards too.

Which Germany players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsRobert Andrich Germany 1Maximilian Mittelstadt Germany 1Antonio Rudiger Germany 1Having lost Jonathan Tah to suspension after he collected two yellow cards earlier in the tournament, the Germany players who are now at risk of missing out are: Antonio Rudiger, Robert Andrich and Maximilian Mittelstadt.

Which Netherlands players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsDenzel Dumfries Netherlands 1Donyell Malen Netherlands 1Jerdy Schouten Netherlands 1Denzel Dumfries is the key Dutch player who will have to be careful in the coming knockout game against Turkey, but Donyell Malen and Jerdy Schouten are also on yellow cards.

Which Portugal players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsJoao Cancelo Portugal 1Joao Conceicao Portugal 1Pedro Neto Portugal 1Ruben Neves Portugal 1Joao Palhinha Portugal 1Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 1Of all the teams in the quarter-final, Portugal have the second highest number of players at risk of suspension, with six players carrying yellow cards into the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Palhinha, Joao Cancelo, Joao Conceicao, Pedro Neto and Ruben Neves are all at risk of missing out should they be booked.

Which Spain players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsDani Carvajal Spain 1Robin Le Normand Spain 1Alvaro Morata Spain 1Daniel Vivian Spain 1Spain have four players carrying yellow cards into the quarter-final. Team captain Alvaro Morata will have to tread carefully in the next game, as will defensive trio Dani Carvajal, Robin Le Normand and Daniel Vivian.

Which Switzerland players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsRemo Freuler Switzerland 1Dan Ndoye Switzerland 1Ricardo Rodriguez Switzerland 1Vincent Sierro Switzerland 1Granit Xhaka Switzerland 1Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka has picked up one yellow card in the tournament, as have Ricardo Rodriguez, Remo Freuler, Dan Ndoye and Vincent Sierro. They will have to be mindful of their status when they face England.

Which Turkey players are at risk of suspension?Player Team Yellow cardsKaan Ayhan Turkey 1Zeki Celik Turkey 1Arda Guler Turkey 1Mert Gunok Turkey 1Mert Mulder Turkey 1Salih Ozcan Turkey 1Kenan Yildiz Turkey 1

Turkey enters the quarter-finals with a precarious disciplinary situation, as seven players are currently on yellow cards, and three have already been suspended.

Among those at risk are Arda Guler, Mert Gunok, and Kenan Yildiz, along with Kaan Ayhan, Zeki Celik, Mert Mulder, and Salih Ozcan.