The Madrid defender was punished with a three-match suspension before his arrival in Portu, but he ultimately received two.
After Nacho’s hard tackle against Portu in stoppage 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, at the beginning of October, the sanction of the Competition Commission was announced: a three-match suspension, which would mean they would miss the Clásico against FC Barcelona.
“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, the Competition Commission sanctioned Nacho with three matches, meaning he would not have been present at the matches against Osasuna in the Bernabéu, Sevilla in the Pizjuán and Barcelona in Montjuic.
The appeals committee reduces the sanction: Nacho enters the Classic
Real Madrid appealed the sanction and it is reduced to two games, allowing Nacho, who was not against Osasuna and will not be against Sevilla, to do so in the Clásico on October 28 against Barcelona in Montjuic.
The competition had imposed a three-match suspension on him for “playing a dangerous game that causes damage detrimental to the capabilities of the offending party, with an additional fine for the club of €1,050 and €600 for the offender.” But the sanction will be reduced to two matches, in addition to a fine of €700 for the club and €600 for Nacho.
Source: Goal