RADU DRAGUSIN was sent off after just SEVEN minutes in Tottenham's Europa League opener against Qarabag.
The Romanian was brought into central defence to play alongside Micky van de Ven at the heart of defence.
However, just seven minutes into Spurs' Europa League, Dragusin was sent for an early shower.
It came as he was caught sleeping on the ball by live-wire forward Juninho.
After poking the ball away from Dragusin, Juninho managed to get his body across Dragusin before tumbling to the floor after a trip and the pulling of his shirt.
The foul left French official Willy Delajod with no choice but to send him off for a last-man foul.
It made Dragusin the first player ever to be sent off on their Europa League debut for Tottenham.
Youngster Lucas Bergvall was sacrificed in favour of Destiny Udogie by manager Ange Postecoglou as part of a tactical switch in putting Ben Davies to centre-back to ensure Spurs kept a steady defence.
But a moment later, the North London side showed their fangs by pouncing on some sloppy play by Qarabag.
Dominic Solanke stole the ball high up the pitch before slipping in Brennan Johnson to his right, who then side-footed a shot into the far left bottom corner to make it 1-0 to the home side.
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It represented Johnson's third goal in as many games.
The match had been delayed by 35 minutes after Qarabag were caught in traffic on their way to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.