Key players missed for cup final (myth?)

I had a completed second legs of super league cup and advanced to final. The problem is i had 3 yellow cards on that match and two of it rewarded to my 2 best players (striker and winger) in my team and therefore suspended for final due to 2 yellow cards over 2 legs. Prior of these only this 2 players on yellow card received from 1st leg other than my left back. Is the engine intentionally took out our best players or just randomly role dice to random player? My tackle mentality was set to normal all the time. I have 18 tackles & 13 fauls while opponent 24 tackles & 4 fauls. I have 3 yellow cards against them 0 cards.

It happened to me few times but considering I played dozens of finals so far I wouldn't say the game is doing it on purpose, more likely just a myth.

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Originally Posted by Tesla007

I had a completed second legs of super league cup and advanced to final. The problem is i had 3 yellow cards on that match and two of it rewarded to my 2 best players (striker and winger) in my team and therefore suspended for final due to 2 yellow cards over 2 legs. Prior of these only this 2 players on yellow card received from 1st leg other than my left back. Is the engine intentionally took out our best players or just randomly role dice to random player? My tackle mentality was set to normal all the time. I have 18 tackles & 13 fauls while opponent 24 tackles & 4 fauls. I have 3 yellow cards against them 0 cards.

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If the same thing has happened to your opponent then you could feasibly have a basis for thinking that.
If they have a full team then it's just bad luck.

Myth. But to be honest, it has to be a very tight game if they want to see my best players on the pitch for a semi-final secong leg if they have been booked previously. I prefer to take a chance and leave them on the bench. I field them only if things go bad.

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Originally Posted by gizzmo

Myth. But to be honest, it has to be a very tight game if they want to see my best players on the pitch for a semi-final secong leg if they have been booked previously. I prefer to take a chance and leave them on the bench. I field them only if things go bad.

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I agree !

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Originally Posted by gizzmo

Myth. But to be honest, it has to be a very tight game if they want to see my best players on the pitch for a semi-final secong leg if they have been booked previously. I prefer to take a chance and leave them on the bench. I field them only if things go bad.

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I did that once and the b*****d engine booked one two minutes after they came on as a sub for an injured player... :mad:

I able to won the cup but that is a pain to the ass with my best players not with us during the final. Still sometime troll error surprise us.

If it's an essential player and on yellow I don't play them second leg of semi finals

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Originally Posted by stra

If it's an essential player and on yellow I don't play them second leg of semi finals

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previous season my top scorer got a direct red in the first semi-final at 16' so lost actually three games - and I lost the final :p

But I 've played over 200 finals and I would say it's rare.

I was downed 2-1 on the first leg therefore needed my best players to be there to make the difference, in which i won 2-0 on second leg. Well they got the cards and the rest is history. 😂

I'm of the impression that suspensions and injuries both go into overdrive for the last few games of a season.
Last season, I had three players suddenly injured before my Cup final. I healed them all, but suffered three more injuries in the next two games. Every time I healed a player another got injured.
I tended to pick up bookings more easily in the last days if the season too, despite having tackling set to easy.