Mastantuono banned after red card in Real Madrid loss to Getafe | OneFootball

The Argentine forward was shown a straight red card for insulting the referee during the Merengue’s defeat against Getafe and received a two-match suspension.

Real Madrid is going through a football crisis, which worsened last Monday with the 1-0 defeat to Getafe at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on matchday 26 of La Liga, leaving them four points behind leaders Barcelona. To make matters worse, Franco Mastantuono was sent off during the match for insulting referee Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz, and this Wednesday the sanction for the Argentine was announced.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation decided to give the former River attacker a two-match suspension, a measure based on article 124 of the RFEF Disciplinary Code, which penalizes “disrespectful attitudes towards referees, officials, or sports authorities.”

The incident occurred near the end of the match. Already in stoppage time, Mastantuono had an altercation with the referee, who showed him a straight red card and later reported that the Argentine said to him “what a shame, what a fucking shame.”

To make matters worse, cameras from DAZN caught the 18-year-old forward as he was leaving the pitch, and this time the insults towards the referee could be clearly heard. “You can’t talk to the referee. Motherf…er, son of a b…” he shouted as he entered the dressing room area.

With the two-match suspension, Mastantuono will miss Real Madrid’s next two league fixtures, which will be against Celta de Vigo and Elche, and he will be able to return for matchday 29, when the Merengue will host Atlético de Madrid in the derby. However, in the meantime, he will be able to play

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