13 May 2018

Harsh punishment

It all started with fouling a player, which afterwards the whistle remained silent while he was lying on the grass. Then 'our hero' started problems with: spitting the lines-man as well as the fourth referee, and soon after followed curses, attacks, physical threats...thus at the end, normally, received a red card.
This is the story of Arda Turan, a Basaksehir player who was removed from the game against Sivasspor at the ninety fourth minute played on 04 May. After the duel everyone expected that the midfielder will get fewer matches off the pitch, but instead it was quite severe with a double figure: the former Turkish international was banned for 16 games. To be more precise, the 31-year-old got: 10 matches for attacking the officials and with 3 each for insults and threats, plus a financial penalty. On Thursday the federation fined him with 39.000 Turkish lira (7.636 euros). As local media reported, in football this is far the biggest punishment for one player in the country.
Yesterday night the club has won its first duel without him, so now there is 15 left...

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