Patric sanctioned four games for biting an opponent

The Italian Serie A Sports Judge punished this Wednesday with four days of suspension, and a 10,000 euro fine, the Spanish Patric Gabarrón, defense of Lazio, for biting a rival this Tuesday in the league game lost 2-1 against Lecce .

“Sanction for four days and a fine of 10,000 euros for having bitten a rival in the arm in the 48th minute of the second half, without causing injury. Infringement detected by the VAR,” the statement released by the League read. Series A.

Patric, formed in the Barcelona quarry and defense of Lazio since 2015, bit his rival Giulio Donati on Tuesday in an arm when his team was losing 2-1 in the field of Lecce and was saying goodbye to his title options.

The VAR intervened to detect his gesture and the referee showed him the red card.

Finally, after ten minutes of added time, 2-1 in favor of Lecce became definitive and Lazio lost the opportunity to get closer to the leader Juventus in the classification.

The Turin team lost hours later in the Milan field and he remained leader with seven points of advantage over Lazio, with seven days to go before the end of Serie A.

Patric, 27, will miss the matches against Sassuolo, Udinese, Juventus and Cagliari. He will return on July 26 for Verona-Lazio.