The Real Madrid captain apologized for the violent tackle on the attacker, but was punished with a three-match ban.
After the hard tackle that Nacho made on Portu In injury time of the match between Girona and Real Madrid, an action for which he was sent off, the Real Madrid captain took to social media and apologized for that action. However, this Tuesday the sanction of the Competition Committee was announced: a three-match suspension.
“I would like to apologize to Portu for an involuntary action in the game. Today and in my entire career I have never had the intention to harm anyone. I hope you can recover well and quickly,” he published. Nacho on his Instagram account hours after Girona-Real Madrid.
The defender made that heavy tackle when the match had already been decided and his team won 3-0. For you He had to leave the grass on a stretcher and Christian Stuani confronted the Spanish footballer in what could have been a bigger fight.
Three days later it was announced that the Competition Commission had sanctioned Nacho with three matches, making him unavailable for the matches against Osasuna in the Bernabéu, Sevilla in the Pizjuán and Barcelona in Montjuic. Madrid will appeal against the sanction and hope that it will be reduced to two matches so that the defender can feature in the Classic.
Source: Goal