Should Have Stayed At Home Mate: La Liga Player Gets Sent Off After Just 50 Seconds in Real Madrid Defeat

Should Have Stayed At Home Mate: La Liga Player Gets Sent Off After Just 50 Seconds in Real Madrid Defeat

There was little surprise surrounding Real Madrid’s win over Getafe on Saturday, with perhaps the only real surprise one can take from the scoreline being the fact that it took Los Blancos 80 minutes to break the deadlock, with Kylian Mbappe’s late finish enough to seal the three points.

However, for home side Getafe, an altogether more unpleasant surprise awaited them in the 77th minute. Bring Allan Nyom on in place of Kiko, you can forgive manager Pepe Bordalas for thinking he was reinforcing his side's defensive reinforcements - up until that point, Getafe had put in an admirable rearguard shift.

Allan Nyom vs Real Madrid:

37 Seconds
1 Red Card

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What he didn’t know was that he was in fact sentencing his side to defeat, as just 30-odd seconds after entering the field of play, Nyom was on his way back to the changing room for an early bath following an off-the-ball challenge on Vinicius Junior that the Brazilian certainly made the most out of.

Discussion quickly circulated on social media about where Nyom’s red card stood in the annals of La Liga history, and rapid red cards from days gone by quickly found their way onto football fans’ timelines - so it would be rude if we didn’t discuss them.

Allan Nyom (Getafe) - 37 seconds vs Real Madrid, October 2025

Starting with with the most recent entry, former Watford and West Brom defender Nyom, now in his second stint at Getafe, has long been known as a very capable La Liga right back since returning to Spain in 2018.

However, facing up against one of the quickest players on the planet in Vini Jr is far from being part of the Cameroonians' week-to-week defensive duties, and this fact was uncovered in record time.

Madrid left back Alvaro Carreras was shaping to play a trademark long pass down the line, Vini Jr was setting up to fly down the line after it, with Nyom blocking his path. Looking to go around the defender, Nyom did the only thing he could - he stuck his leg out and tripped both of the Brazilians’ feet from under him, halting his run.

Allan Nyom vs Real Madrid

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In the end, Carreras opted against playing the ball down the line, instead giving the ball to Arda Guler in the centre of the field, but the referee had seen the altercation and immediately flashed the red in Nyom’s direction, ending his game just 37 seconds after it started.

As is customary with Real Madrid’s Brazilian attacker, Vinicius did a handful of tumble-turns in a bid to dramatise the challenge, and credit to him, it worked - even VAR was fooled by the winger’s theatrics. But being completely honest, it was never a red card for Nyom - it was a simple trip that did not prevent a clear goal-scoring opportunity, and the Getafe man will surely appeal the decision in due course.

Hugo Guillamon (Valencia) - 39 second vs Getafe, August 2021

With Getafe on the more favourable side of a red card this time, Valencia’s Hugo Guillamon still holds the unwanted record of being given the earliest opening-day red card in history, after being sent off on the three-minute mark.

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The challenge itself was made just under 40 seconds into the game, being eclipsed by Nyom’s error by mere moments - Guillamon went in on Getafe midfielder Nemanja Maksimovic with excess force, and after a two-and-a-half-minute VAR review, the Spaniard was given his marching orders.

Remarkably, Valencia would go on to win the match, keeping an excellent clean sheet in the process - Carlos Soler’s penalty just eight minutes after Guillamon’s dismissal proved just enough for Valencia to eke out three points. Whether it is for or against them, Getafe do not seem to fare well when it comes to rapid red cards.

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) - 1 Minute 27 Seconds vs Espanyol, February 2011

To have a player sent off moments after entering the field of play, to lose a goalkeeper in the earliest kickings of the game, is quite another - it requires a tactical reshuffle, the sacrifice of an outfield player, and unfamiliarity from the off.

This was the scenario that faced Real Madrid in February of 2011, when iconic keeper Iker Casillas was found guilty of tripping ex-Real Madrid talent Jose Callejon in a one-vs-one footrace to the ball, a race which the opposing winger won.

26 years ago, Iker Casillas made his Real Madrid debut.

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Clocked at 1 minute 27 seconds, it was, and is still, the second-quickest red card for a goalkeeper in the history of Europe’s top five leagues, beaten only by Tim Flower’s impressive time of 72 seconds back in 1995 for Blackburn Rovers.

Again though, it would be the 10 men who prevailed - 20 minutes after Casillas left the field, Marcelo smashed an effort past Espanyol keeper Idriss Kameni to net the only goal of the game. From then on, Los Blancos sat back, defending impressively, limiting their opponents to speculative efforts from distance.