La Liga: Savic and Torres are suspended for two games after a fight with Metropolitano
The fight took place in the final minute of Barca’s 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid on Sunday night, when footage showed the two players wrestling and Torres even appearing to pull Savic’s hair.
The post-match referee’s report informed that “in the 90th minute (Ferran) Torres Garcia was sent off for the following motive: persistently pulling a rival’s hair, with the ball in play, but not in a position to be played by or.”
Savic was sent off for “constantly holding an opponent’s neck with excessive force.”
Barça had appealed the sending off of Torres, but the disciplinary committee ruled that “the footage does not contradict the referee’s assessment of the incident”.
The penalty must be served in the same competition in which the offense was committed, meaning Torres will be allowed to play in the Spanish Super Cup, currently celebrated in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, and next week’s Copa del Rey. away to third tier Ceuta, but he will miss league matches at home against Getafe and away from Girona, Xinhua reports.
His absence is in addition to that of Robert Lewandowski, who is also suspended for those games.
Savic, meanwhile, can play in Atletico’s Copa del Rey to face Levante, but will miss league matches away to Almeria and home to Valladolid.
11 January 2023 Other Madrid
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