🚨Breaking: Machuca sidelined for a year, won't play

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·26 September 2025

Today, the FIFA disciplinary committee has announced the sanction of Imanol Machuca.

Apparently, the Malaysian Federation manipulated the documentation so that he and five other footballers could play for the national team.

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In response to this, FIFA decided that Imanol Machuca will be banned from playing professional football for a year.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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