Barça: No red cards or penalties against after 28 LaLiga games
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Barcelona's LaLiga victory over Valencia on Sunday evening saw them become the first Spanish side in over 40 years to make it past the first 28 top-flight games of the season with no red cards or penalties given against them.
The last time this occurred was in 1970/71, when both Barça and arch rivals Real Madrid reached this stage of the league campaign having suffered no dismissals or faced any spot-kicks.
#CLEANSHEET Barcelona is the first team to get through the first 28 #LaLiga weeks without any red card or penalty against since 1970-71.
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) March 19, 2017
The most recent LaLiga sending-off of a Barcelona player came back in October 2015, when Javier Mascherano was given his marching orders against Eibar.
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