What's up with the red card suspensions?

I know that if you're player gets a ready card he's out for the remainder of the game and is suspended for the next one.
But I've been having an issue where I had two players get red cards in the second leg of a tournament and in the first leg of the next round of the same tournament I placed them on the bench (not the reserves) just so I can arrange the team for the next game without them.
Anyways, play that game, thought they served their suspension, now getting ready for second leg but I see they're still suspended. What's up with that?

Hmm, it sounds like your players were serving out a longer suspension for more than a minor violation.

For example, a straight red card would ensue a 2 match suspension for the player.

To add to that a yellow card and a straight red card in the same match also result in a 2 match suspension. If the player already has a yellow card from a previous match in the same competition then he will also serve the one match suspension for the accumulation offence, making that three matches in total.

Hope that explains it, dzilla :)

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Originally Posted by Lex

For example, a straight red card would ensue a 2 match suspension for the player.

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This right here must be it because I thought it was like real life where a straight red is just one game suspension.

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Originally Posted by dzilla

This right here must be it because I thought it was like real life where a straight red is just one game suspension.

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Nope, it depends of the competition. A straight red card can be a suspension for years if needed. But as a general rule it is between 1-3 matches and usually a straight red have more punishment than when a cicle of yellows is completed (3-5 depending of the competition) as then the suspension if for the upcoming match.