Liverpool ahead Darwin Nunez has been slapped with a five-match worldwide suspension for his position in a brawl between Uruguay gamers and Colombia followers on the Copa America.
Uruguay gamers stated that Colombia supporters had been harassing their households in the course of the semi-final conflict in July and proceeded to enter the stands to confront the alleged perpetrators after violence reportedly broke out in that part of the stadium.
Six weeks on, CONMEBOL’s disciplinary fee has fined the Uruguayan Soccer Affiliation (AUF) a sum of $20,000 (£15,130), as nicely issuing fines and/or suspensions for 11 gamers. AUF official Marcelo Garcia has additionally been given a six-month stadium ban from all CONMEBOL competitions.
Banned from enjoying in his nation’s subsequent 5 video games, Nunez has been hit with essentially the most extreme suspension. He’ll miss upcoming World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. He’s eligible to return in opposition to Brazil on 16 November.
Nunez has additionally been fined $20,000, once more essentially the most extreme of all of the fines utilized. The Liverpool participant won’t should pay the quantity out of his personal pocket, fairly it will likely be robotically deducted from the quantity the AUF was purported to obtain in prize and broadcast cash.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for 4 video games and fined $16,000 (£12,100), whereas there are three recreation bans and $12,000 (£9,080) fines for Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo and Atletico Madrid’s Jose Gimenez, in addition to Mathias Olivera.
Sebastian Caceres, Matias Vina, Emiliano Martinez, Brian Rodriguez, Santiago Mele and Facundo Pellistri, who lately left Manchester United for Panathinaikos in a everlasting switch, have been fined $5,000 (£3,780) however have not been suspended.
All have the fitting to attraction the choices inside seven days, however it comes with a $3,000 (£2,270) payment.
Uruguay have made a powerful begin to the marathon that’s South America’s World Cup qualifying by the opening six rounds of fixtures, second within the standings behind solely Argentina and eight factors away from the cutoff level. However shedding quite a lot of gamers for no less than three video games is an enormous blow.
