Lookman risks ban from the ongoing Italian tournament

Atalanta Dazzler Ademola Lookman is walking a disciplinary tightrope in Sunday’s Serie A clash against Juventus at Allianz Stadium in Turin, The reigning African footballer of the year is among several players on four yellow cards, meaning he is a booking away from a suspension. If Lookman is booked against Juventus, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A — the governing body of professional football competitions in Italy — will hand him an automatic one-game ban.

The charlton athletic academy graduate received cautions in matches against Udinese, Lazio, Como and Venezia. Against Udinese and Como, Lookman was booked for committing fouls, while he was yellow carded in games against Lazio and Venezia for dissent and the role he played in a mass confrontation respectively.  Another Nigerian player in the form of Udinese’s Kingsley Ehizibue is also at the risk of being banned as he is on four yellow cards.