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Actual Madrid‘s ongoing controversy with referees in La Liga resurfaced this weekend when star midfielder Jude Bellingham obtained a purple card for allegedly utilizing abusive language towards referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero. In gentle of this, the Spanish Soccer Federation’s Appeals Committee has made a remaining ruling on the membership’s enchantment forward of their subsequent fixture in opposition to Girona.
Within the official report of the 1-1 draw in opposition to Osasuna, Munuera cited Bellingham’s use of the phrase “F— you” as the rationale for issuing the purple card. Nonetheless, Bellingham, his teammates, and the membership have all disputed the choice, arguing that the participant truly stated “F— off” and didn’t direct the insult towards the referee.
Regardless of video proof and statements from Actual Madrid, the Appeals Committee of the Spanish Soccer Federation upheld the unique ruling, dismissing the membership’s enchantment. Because of this, Bellingham will serve the two-match suspension outlined within the disciplinary choice.
The committee’s choice was based mostly on the argument that the membership failed to offer enough proof to problem the referee’s account. Of their assertion, they concluded, “After repeated viewing of the audiovisual proof, no unequivocal and indeniable contradiction might be deduced.”
Bellingham’s two-match suspension falls underneath Article 117 of the Spanish Soccer Federation’s Disciplinary Code, which states: “Addressing referees, officers, or sports activities authorities with contemptuous or disrespectful phrases or attitudes, except the motion constitutes a extra severe offense, can be penalized with a suspension of two to 3 matches or for a interval of as much as one month.”
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CAS: Actual Madrid’s remaining choice
Whereas Actual Madrid’s enchantment has been rejected by the Spanish Soccer Federation, the membership nonetheless has one remaining choice to contest the suspension: an enchantment to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the worldwide physique that arbitrates disputes within the sports activities world.
With Actual Madrid’s subsequent La Liga match in opposition to Girona on Sunday, Bellingham is more likely to miss the sport as a result of quick time-frame for any potential enchantment. If the suspension just isn’t overturned, the English midfielder may even miss the next La Liga fixture in opposition to Actual Betis.
