Matheus Reis faces ban, Sporting await decision | OneFootball

After having started in Sporting’s last five games – against Arouca, Casa Pia, and Gil Vicente in the league, PSG in the Champions League, and V. Guimarães in the Allianz Cup – Matheus Reis may return to Rui Borges’ starting eleven for the European trip to Athletic Bilbao next Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. at San Mamés Stadium. However, the full-back knows that this run of appearances will be interrupted right afterwards, in the match against Nacional on February 1st at 6:00 p.m. for the league.

The 30-year-old defender was sent off in the final moments of the win in Arouca, during the celebrations of the 2-1 goal scored by Luis Suárez already in stoppage time, and is now awaiting referee Hélder Carvalho’s report to find out the extent of the suspension that may be imposed on him.

Matheus Reis received a straight red card for words directed at the match official and, according to article 158 of the league regulations, he risks a suspension of up to four games. The document provides for “a suspension sanction set between a minimum of one and a maximum of four games” in cases of insults directed at referees or people and entities connected to the FPF or Liga Portugal, in addition to a fine ranging from five to fifty units of account.

Thus, the left-footer is awaiting the publication of the disciplinary report for matchday 19 of Liga Portugal Betclic by the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation to learn the final decision, as well as the reasons described for this sending off.

If the punishment is only one game, he will miss the home match against Nacional. With a two-game suspension, in addition to that match, he will also be out of the Portuguese Cup quarterfinals against AVS on February 5th at 8:45 p.m. at Alvalade. In a more severe scenario, he could also miss the trip to Porto, scheduled for the 9th at 8:45 p.m.

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