MADRID, 8 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) decided this Tuesday to sanction the Sevilla footballer Gonzalo Montiel with a three-match suspension, at the same time that it kept the Real Betis player Nabil Fekir red card, after the expulsions of both in the derby last Sunday at the Benito Villamarín.
Thus, of the three games of sanction to Montiel, one is for the red card and the other two for “attitudes of contempt or inconsideration” after his expulsion. “When the Sevilla player retired to the locker room area after being sent off, he addressed the fourth referee twice with his finger on his temple, a clear sign that we were crazy,” said the referee’s record José María Sanchez Martinez.
In this way, the Argentine footballer will not be able to play this Wednesday against Real Sociedad, nor in the next two LaLiga Santander matches, which will take place once the World Cup in Qatar is over.
For his part, the Frenchman Nabil Fekir, who received a direct red card in a game with ‘Papu’ Gómez, will also not be able to play this Thursday in the match between Betis and Valencia, after Competition dismissed the appeal of appeal presented by the Verdiblanco club, which will also not be able to count on Borja Iglesias, also expelled in the derby.
In addition, the Rayo Vallecano coach, Andoni Iraoli, will not be able to take his place on the bench in the next two games, after confirming the sanction for his expulsion this Monday in the match against Real Madrid.