Actual Madrid ahead Vinicius Jr will miss El Clasico in opposition to Barcelona after being given a four-game ban.
The Brazil worldwide was despatched off for pulling Nathan Saliba’s hair in Actual’s 1-0 win in opposition to Villarreal final Saturday.
His suspension means he’ll miss video games in opposition to Sevilla (18 October), Barcelona (25 October), Racing Santander (1 November) and Valencia (7 November).
The timing of the choice’s announcement angered Actual Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, because it got here hours earlier than his facet – that includes Vinicius Jr – confronted Roma within the Champions League.
“Do you suppose it is regular {that a} participant from a Spanish workforce, who has to play a match that can be necessary for Spanish soccer, that two hours earlier than the match a participant is aware of he is been given a four-match suspension?” Mourinho mentioned following their astonishing comeback to win 4-3.
“Could not they do it tomorrow morning? Do we’ve to return by bus and virtually arrive on the stadium once we discover out Vinicius has a four-match suspension?
“They do issues shamelessly now. The cat is out of the bag now. Two hours earlier than the match, a participant should know he has a four-match suspension.
“A Spanish workforce that has earned three factors for Spanish soccer, for the rankings, for the status of Spanish soccer. You need to kill a participant two hours earlier than the match? It does not appear regular to me.”
Vinicius Jr got here on after 52 minutes in opposition to Villarreal and thought he had scored his facet’s second objective.
Nevertheless, the referee reviewed the build-up on the pitchside monitor and, with Vinicius clearly being proven to have pulled Saliba’s hair earlier than scoring, despatched him off and disallowed the objective.
The Spanish soccer federation’s disciplinary committee suspended the winger for 2 video games for “behaving violently … (whereas) not being ready to problem for the ball” and an extra two matches for “protests” to the officers.
Following the match, Actual Madrid supervisor Jose Mourinho didn’t attend the post-match information convention.
Vinicius additionally later apologised when he posted a message on social media, saying he was “sorry to the workforce and the [Real Madrid] followers”.
