The Competition Committee has once again been relentless with another coach. This time it was Diego Martínez, who was sanctioned with two games after his expulsion, in the dressing room tunnel of San Mamés, decreed by the collegiate Martínez Munuera. A punishment considered excessive by the club that is going to present the corresponding appeal to the Appeals Committee.
The drafting of the arbitration document did not predict such a harsh sanction. At most, a match was expected. But not two. This put the collegiate. “In minute 90, coach Martínez Penas, Diego was expelled for the following reason: Once the game was over and he was already in the dressing room tunnel, he addressed me repeatedly protesting.”
The reason for the coach's anger was a throw-in that, he understood, belonged to Granada, but that the assistant conceded to Athletic. The play continued and ended in 2-1 of Berenguer. Jug of cold water, monumental anger, expulsion and sanction. But the same wording of the minutes does not seem to imply a greater punishment because there is no assessment nor does it stand out that the coach from Granada told the referee some rude or derogatory phrase that deserves such a severe decision.