Melbourne Victory shall be with out Zinédine Machach for its two-leg semifinal with Wellington Phoenix, after the midfielder was handed a two-match ban following a straight purple card.
Machach was marched from the sector within the thirty eighth minute of Victory’s penalty shootout win over rivals Melbourne Metropolis, when he lashed out his foot in direction of Metropolis winger Leo Natel who was on the bottom.
The A-League Match Evaluation Panel on Monday declared Machach’s offence to be, “Assault on a participant (e.g. violent conduct when not difficult for the ball) or in opposition to every other individual apart from a Match Official, together with an tried assault”.
His two-match ban guidelines him out of each legs of the semifinal with Wellington.
Machach can refer the matter to the impartial Disciplinary and Ethics Committee, however should advise Soccer Australia he desires to try this by 2pm (AEST) on Tuesday.
Central Coast Mariners, recent off their AFC Cup triumph, face Sydney FC within the different two-leg semifinal.
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