Angel Di Maria suspended four games

Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) Argentine striker Angel Di Maria received a four-game suspension for spitting in the direction of Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez during the heated clasico won by Olympique de Marseille (OM) on 13 September (1-0), decided Wednesday, September 23 the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League (LFP).

Angel Di Maria, who was not sanctioned during the meeting, was caught by television footage, which showed him spitting at Alvaro Gonzalez, but did not reach him. He risked up to six games of suspension for this gesture.

“It is a hard, difficult sanction, because it is a long period”, the player told Argentinian Continental Radio, expressing his regret: “I did this out of reaction, I was wrong, but on the other hand there were words that I didn’t like. “

His sanction taking effect on September 29, Di Maria can play Sunday in Reims in the league. He will only be able to return to Ligue 1 during the weekend of November 8, for the reception of Rennes.

Racism against Neymar? Meeting on September 30

The body also announced that the investigation opened after Neymar accused Alvaro Gonzalez of having hurled racist insults at him would be examined on September 30, at the next meeting of the commission. Brazilian superstar claims Alvaro Gonzalez called him “Monkey” (mono in Spanish). His accusations led the disciplinary committee to open an investigation on September 16.

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The investigation must also clarify other points, such as homophobic remarks that Neymar would have made towards Alvaro Gonzalez, underlined by the Spanish press, or those, racist, that would have uttered the Brazilian towards the Japanese Hiroki Sakai. A source close to OM explained to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the club had elements incriminating the Parisian. The disciplinary regulations of the French Football Federation (FFF) provide for up to ten suspension matches for a “Racist or discriminatory behavior”.

The electric meeting has already given rise to a first round of sanctions, due to the start of a fight in stoppage time which caused five red cards. Parisians Layvin Kurzawa (six games), Neymar (two games closed plus one suspended) and Leandro Paredes (two games closed plus one suspended) as well as Marseillais Jordan Amavi (three games) and Dario Benedetto (one game) also been sanctioned according to their involvement in the clashes.

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The World with AFP

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