Yannick Bolasie was sent off in Sporting Lisbon’s 2-1 Portuguese League Cup semi-final defeat to SC Braga on Tuesday.
The Everton loanee, who replaced Idrissa Doumbia in the 46th minute, was shown the way out by referee Almeida in the 61st minute for dangerous play.
VAR replays showed Bolasie had launched a reckless tackle on Nuno Sequeira in his bid to win the ball.
In the grumpy fixture, Sporting ended the game with eight men following the dismissals of Cristian Borja and Jeremy Mathieu, while Braga had Wilson Eduardo red-carded.
Mathieu had erased Ricardo Horta’s eighth-minute strike before Paulinho’s 90th-minute effort ended the Lions’ quest of reaching the final.