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Barcelona had a near-perfect evening on Sunday in Jeddah as they thrashed Actual Madrid 5-2 to win the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
The one blot marks for the Blaugranas on the evening have been the damage to key defender Inigo Martinez, ruling him out for 5 weeks, and the pink card proven to goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Wojciech Szczesny to overlook the Copa del Rey conflict vs Actual Betis
On account of his pink card, Wojciech Szczesny will serve his suspension within the upcoming Copa del Rey match towards Actual Betis at Montjuic, reviews Mundo Deportivo.
Which means the Polish goalkeeper might be accessible for Barcelona’s La Liga fixture towards Getafe subsequent Saturday.
The sending-off occurred within the 57th minute when referee Gil Manzano, following a VAR evaluation led by Iglesias Villanueva, decided that Szczesny’s problem on Kylian Mbappe exterior the penalty space denied a transparent goal-scoring alternative.
The incident was recorded within the official match report as follows:
“Within the 57th minute, participant (25) Szczesny, Wojciech, was despatched off for the next purpose: For bringing down an opponent whereas contesting the ball, thereby denying an apparent goal-scoring alternative.”
Szczesny was despatched off after a VAR examine. (Photograph by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Photographs)
Beforehand, such suspensions have been served completely in the identical match, i.e., having been despatched off within the Spanish Tremendous Cup, Szczesny would have been required to serve the suspension in the identical competitors.
Nonetheless, the laws have been modified to make sure that gamers serve their penalties instantly, even when they don’t take part within the match once more. Article 56, level eight, of the Disciplinary Code’s sanction enforcement pointers states:
“Suspensions ensuing from the Spanish Tremendous Cup, no matter their severity, will prohibit gamers from taking part, performing, or accessing the sphere of play, bench, and dressing room space for the variety of matches lined by the sanction, within the order through which they happen, even when alterations to the calendar, postponements, replays, or different circumstances change the pre-established scheduled competitors timeline.”
In consequence, Szczesny might be unavailable for the Copa del Rey match towards Betis however will return for Barcelona’s La Liga encounter with Getafe, the place coach Hansi Flick can depend on him as soon as extra.
